Honduras vs Nicaragua

Honduras vs Nicaragua: Military spending

Military spending in 2025: 1.46% of GDP in Honduras and 0.56% of GDP in Nicaragua, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Honduras, by 0.9 percentage points, or 2.59 times that in Nicaragua.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Honduras vs Nicaragua: Military spendingMilitary spending in 2025: 1.46% of GDP in Honduras and 0.56% of GDP in Nicaragua, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Honduras, by 0.9 percentage points, or 2.59 times that in Nicaragua.
HondurasNicaraguaSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Honduras has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Nicaragua.
  • In 2025, Honduras ranked 86 and Nicaragua ranked 135 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearHondurasNicaragua
20251.460.56
20241.480.55
20231.530.55
20221.470.54
20211.50.55
20201.470.63
20191.580.61
20181.490.63
20171.590.63
20161.530.64
20151.350.78
20141.190.69
20131.380.68
20121.130.67
20111.130.53
20101.070.51
20091.080.5
20080.950.5
20070.780.53
20060.690.55
20050.640.7
20040.680.73
200310.86
20020.810.87
20010.820.68
20000.730.78
1999–0.72
1998–0.74
1997–0.89
1996–0.95
1995–1.1
1994–1.19
19931.162.1
1992–2.63
19911.554
19902.2–
19892.67–
19882.85–
19872.95–
19862.77–
19852.58–
19842.44–
19832.28–
19822.31–
19812.154.34
19802.223.35
19792.243.11
19782.273.22
19771.912.47
19761.762.07
19751.91.75
19741.61.45
19731.681.42
19721.841.87
19711.471.51
19701.371.58
19691.071.38
19681.091.46
19671.14–
19661.18–
19651.23–
19641.28–
19630.93–
19620.99–
19611.08–
19601.17–
19591.51–
19581.72–
19571.65–
19561.12–
19551.1–
19541–
19530.96–
19520.91–
19510.96–
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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