Honduras vs Nicaragua
Honduras vs Nicaragua: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $582M in Honduras and $115M in Nicaragua, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Honduras, by $467M, or 5.08 times that in Nicaragua.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1972.
- In 2025, Honduras ranked 95 and Nicaragua ranked 129 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Honduras | Nicaragua |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $582M | $115M |
| 2024 | $547M | $109M |
| 2023 | $544M | $103M |
| 2022 | $507M | $93.5M |
| 2021 | $497M | $92.7M |
| 2020 | $432M | $98M |
| 2019 | $511M | $94M |
| 2018 | $475M | $101M |
| 2017 | $499M | $107M |
| 2016 | $456M | $104M |
| 2015 | $384M | $119M |
| 2014 | $315M | $97.2M |
| 2013 | $351M | $89.9M |
| 2012 | $291M | $86.3M |
| 2011 | $283M | $64.7M |
| 2010 | $257M | $57.3M |
| 2009 | $248M | $54.2M |
| 2008 | $221M | $54.7M |
| 2007 | $178M | $57.8M |
| 2006 | $150M | $57.8M |
| 2005 | $131M | $55M |
| 2004 | $133M | $54.8M |
| 2003 | $186M | $61M |
| 2002 | $147M | $59.8M |
| 2001 | $147M | $47.1M |
| 2000 | $129M | $51.8M |
| 1999 | – | $45.1M |
| 1998 | – | $43.9M |
| 1997 | – | $51M |
| 1996 | – | $51.8M |
| 1995 | – | $57.6M |
| 1994 | – | $57.5M |
| 1993 | $144M | $56.6M |
| 1992 | – | $67.1M |
| 1991 | $166M | $100M |
| 1990 | $244M | $121M |
| 1989 | $301M | – |
| 1988 | $316M | – |
| 1987 | $307M | – |
| 1986 | $271M | – |
| 1985 | $252M | – |
| 1984 | $224M | – |
| 1983 | $203M | – |
| 1982 | $210M | – |
| 1981 | $207M | $192,500 |
| 1980 | $213M | $156,800 |
| 1979 | $219M | $137,700 |
| 1978 | $214M | $206,900 |
| 1977 | $167M | $172,900 |
| 1976 | $135M | $136,300 |
| 1975 | $128M | $102,400 |
| 1974 | $109M | $90,380 |
| 1973 | $116M | $70,860 |
| 1972 | $118M | $93,740 |
| 1971 | $90.6M | – |
| 1970 | $80.4M | – |
| 1969 | $60.1M | – |
| 1968 | $59.6M | – |
| 1967 | $58.6M | – |
| 1966 | $57.2M | – |
| 1965 | $56M | – |
| 1964 | $54M | – |
| 1963 | $36.9M | – |
| 1962 | $38.1M | – |
| 1961 | $38.5M | – |
| 1960 | $40M | – |
| 1959 | $50M | – |
| 1958 | $55.3M | – |
| 1957 | $51.1M | – |
| 1956 | $32.9M | – |
| 1955 | $29.9M | – |
| 1954 | $27.1M | – |
| 1953 | $29.3M | – |
| 1952 | $26.3M | – |
| 1951 | $26M | – |
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Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Honduras vs Nicaragua
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Nicaragua: 75 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nicaragua: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nicaragua: 12.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Nicaragua: 55.5% in 2020
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Nicaragua: 2.85% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Nicaragua: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Nicaragua: 6.82 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Nicaragua: 1.36% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Nicaragua: 2.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Nicaragua: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Nicaragua: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Nicaragua: 5.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Nicaragua: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Nicaragua: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Nicaragua: $17 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Nicaragua: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Nicaragua: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Nicaragua: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Nicaragua: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Nicaragua: 13 million TIV in 2019