Guatemala
Military spending in US dollars in Guatemala
Military spending in US dollars in Guatemala: $140M in 1955 and $617M in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $617M
- Since 1955
- +$477M
- Rank, 2025
- 91 of 151
- counting from the highest
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $837M in 1984, the lowest $140M in 1955.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Guatemala |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $617M |
| 2024 | $454M |
| 2023 | $454M |
| 2022 | $482M |
| 2021 | $393M |
| 2020 | $415M |
| 2019 | $414M |
| 2018 | $345M |
| 2017 | $352M |
| 2016 | $402M |
| 2015 | $367M |
| 2014 | $370M |
| 2013 | $395M |
| 2012 | $369M |
| 2011 | $335M |
| 2010 | $317M |
| 2009 | $289M |
| 2008 | $308M |
| 2007 | $284M |
| 2006 | $289M |
| 2005 | $248M |
| 2004 | $309M |
| 2003 | $517M |
| 2002 | $477M |
| 2001 | $643M |
| 2000 | $547M |
| 1999 | $432M |
| 1998 | $445M |
| 1997 | $425M |
| 1996 | $496M |
| 1995 | $592M |
| 1994 | $614M |
| 1993 | $630M |
| 1992 | $688M |
| 1991 | $571M |
| 1990 | $752M |
| 1989 | $765M |
| 1988 | $766M |
| 1987 | $685M |
| 1986 | $656M |
| 1985 | $763M |
| 1984 | $837M |
| 1983 | $769M |
| 1982 | $770M |
| 1981 | $712M |
| 1980 | $506M |
| 1979 | $487M |
| 1978 | $431M |
| 1977 | $490M |
| 1976 | $406M |
| 1975 | $364M |
| 1974 | $260M |
| 1973 | $250M |
| 1972 | $292M |
| 1971 | $271M |
| 1970 | $393M |
| 1969 | $219M |
| 1968 | $259M |
| 1967 | $274M |
| 1966 | $249M |
| 1965 | $244M |
| 1964 | $169M |
| 1963 | $192M |
| 1962 | $155M |
| 1961 | $160M |
| 1960 | $159M |
| 1959 | $171M |
| 1958 | $157M |
| 1957 | $160M |
| 1956 | $148M |
| 1955 | $140M |
- Estimate
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.
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- Military spending0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per person$34 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel43,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2023