Honduras
Military spending in Honduras
Military spending in Honduras: 0.96% of GDP in 1951 and 1.46% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.46% of GDP
- Since 1951
- +0.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 86 of 151
- counting from the highest
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 2.95% of GDP in 1987, the lowest 0.64% of GDP in 2005.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Honduras |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.46 |
| 2024 | 1.48 |
| 2023 | 1.53 |
| 2022 | 1.47 |
| 2021 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 1.47 |
| 2019 | 1.58 |
| 2018 | 1.49 |
| 2017 | 1.59 |
| 2016 | 1.53 |
| 2015 | 1.35 |
| 2014 | 1.19 |
| 2013 | 1.38 |
| 2012 | 1.13 |
| 2011 | 1.13 |
| 2010 | 1.07 |
| 2009 | 1.08 |
| 2008 | 0.95 |
| 2007 | 0.78 |
| 2006 | 0.69 |
| 2005 | 0.64 |
| 2004 | 0.68 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0.81 |
| 2001 | 0.82 |
| 2000 | 0.73 |
| 1993 | 1.16 |
| 1991 | 1.55 |
| 1990 | 2.2 |
| 1989 | 2.67 |
| 1988 | 2.85 |
| 1987 | 2.95 |
| 1986 | 2.77 |
| 1985 | 2.58 |
| 1984 | 2.44 |
| 1983 | 2.28 |
| 1982 | 2.31 |
| 1981 | 2.15 |
| 1980 | 2.22 |
| 1979 | 2.24 |
| 1978 | 2.27 |
| 1977 | 1.91 |
| 1976 | 1.76 |
| 1975 | 1.9 |
| 1974 | 1.6 |
| 1973 | 1.68 |
| 1972 | 1.84 |
| 1971 | 1.47 |
| 1970 | 1.37 |
| 1969 | 1.07 |
| 1968 | 1.09 |
| 1967 | 1.14 |
| 1966 | 1.18 |
| 1965 | 1.23 |
| 1964 | 1.28 |
| 1963 | 0.93 |
| 1962 | 0.99 |
| 1961 | 1.08 |
| 1960 | 1.17 |
| 1959 | 1.51 |
| 1958 | 1.72 |
| 1957 | 1.65 |
| 1956 | 1.12 |
| 1955 | 1.1 |
| 1954 | 1 |
| 1953 | 0.96 |
| 1952 | 0.91 |
| 1951 | 0.96 |
- Estimate
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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- Military spending in US dollars$582M in 2025
- Military spending per person$53 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel23,000 people in 2020
- National power0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2024