Honduras vs Peru
Honduras vs Peru: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.46% of GDP in Honduras and 0.81% of GDP in Peru, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Honduras, by 0.65 percentage points, or 1.8 times that in Peru.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Peru.
- In 2025, Honduras ranked 86 and Peru ranked 123 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Honduras | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.46 | 0.81 |
| 2024 | 1.48 | 0.88 |
| 2023 | 1.53 | 1.24 |
| 2022 | 1.47 | 1.14 |
| 2021 | 1.5 | 1.17 |
| 2020 | 1.47 | 1.32 |
| 2019 | 1.58 | 1.21 |
| 2018 | 1.49 | 1.19 |
| 2017 | 1.59 | 1.27 |
| 2016 | 1.53 | 1.32 |
| 2015 | 1.35 | 1.75 |
| 2014 | 1.19 | 1.6 |
| 2013 | 1.38 | 1.64 |
| 2012 | 1.13 | 1.48 |
| 2011 | 1.13 | 1.37 |
| 2010 | 1.07 | 1.48 |
| 2009 | 1.08 | 1.53 |
| 2008 | 0.95 | 1.25 |
| 2007 | 0.78 | 1.3 |
| 2006 | 0.69 | 1.46 |
| 2005 | 0.64 | 1.58 |
| 2004 | 0.68 | 1.38 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1.51 |
| 2002 | 0.81 | 1.54 |
| 2001 | 0.82 | 1.75 |
| 2000 | 0.73 | 1.79 |
| 1999 | – | 1.93 |
| 1998 | – | 2.02 |
| 1997 | – | 2 |
| 1996 | – | 2.5 |
| 1995 | – | 2.64 |
| 1994 | – | 2.47 |
| 1993 | 1.16 | 2.75 |
| 1992 | – | 2.51 |
| 1991 | 1.55 | 2.02 |
| 1990 | 2.2 | 2.68 |
| 1989 | 2.67 | 2.19 |
| 1988 | 2.85 | 2.19 |
| 1987 | 2.95 | 3.41 |
| 1986 | 2.77 | 3.35 |
| 1985 | 2.58 | 3.87 |
| 1984 | 2.44 | 3.36 |
| 1983 | 2.28 | 4.85 |
| 1982 | 2.31 | 5.11 |
| 1981 | 2.15 | 3.99 |
| 1980 | 2.22 | 4.56 |
| 1979 | 2.24 | 3.35 |
| 1978 | 2.27 | 6.2 |
| 1977 | 1.91 | 8.21 |
| 1976 | 1.76 | 5.68 |
| 1975 | 1.9 | 5.22 |
| 1974 | 1.6 | 3.93 |
| 1973 | 1.68 | 3.93 |
| 1972 | 1.84 | 3.63 |
| 1971 | 1.47 | 3.62 |
| 1970 | 1.37 | 3.51 |
| 1969 | 1.07 | 2.39 |
| 1968 | 1.09 | 2.36 |
| 1967 | 1.14 | 4.7 |
| 1966 | 1.18 | 2.84 |
| 1965 | 1.23 | 3.1 |
| 1964 | 1.28 | 3.34 |
| 1963 | 0.93 | 3.32 |
| 1962 | 0.99 | 2.43 |
| 1961 | 1.08 | 2.65 |
| 1960 | 1.17 | 2.51 |
| 1959 | 1.51 | 2.8 |
| 1958 | 1.72 | 2.9 |
| 1957 | 1.65 | 2.92 |
| 1956 | 1.12 | 2.98 |
| 1955 | 1.1 | 2.77 |
| 1954 | 1 | 2.69 |
| 1953 | 0.96 | 2.78 |
| 1952 | 0.91 | 2.66 |
| 1951 | 0.96 | 2.92 |
| 1950 | – | 2.83 |
| 1949 | – | 2.9 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
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.
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 spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Peru: $2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Peru: 3.7% of government spending 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