Honduras vs Peru
Honduras vs Peru: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 5.7% of government spending in Honduras and 3.7% of government spending in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Honduras, by 2 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Peru.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Peru.
- In 2025, Honduras ranked 66 and Peru ranked 116 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Honduras | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.7 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| 2021 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 2015 | 5.2 | 7.7 |
| 2014 | 4.3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4.7 | 7.6 |
| 2012 | 4.3 | 7.3 |
| 2011 | 4.4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4.1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3.8 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 3.6 | 6.3 |
| 2007 | 3.2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 2.8 | 7.7 |
| 2005 | 2.7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 2.7 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 3.8 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 3 | 7.9 |
| 2001 | 3.3 | 8.5 |
| 2000 | 3.3 | 8.3 |
| 1993 | 3.5 | – |
| 1991 | 5.4 | – |
| 1990 | 8.3 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, 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 150 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 Peru
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Peru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Peru: 52% in 2022
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Peru: $2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHonduras: 23,000 people in 2020Peru: 158,000 people in 2020
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Peru: 90 million TIV in 2025