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Guatemala
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#142out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

2.21.71.30.80.4196019922024Guatemala · 2024: 0.37%Guatemala

Analytical takeaways

  • Guatemala records 0.37% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #142 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) declined from 1.16% in 1960 to 0.37% in 2024, a decrease of 0.79%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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