Guatemala

Latin America & Caribbean · Guatemala City

Rank #94 of 173

29.1Strength score

Photos

U S Army Green Berets train alongside Guatemalan Special Operations Forces (9616069) — U S Army Green Berets train alongside Guatemalan Special Operations Forces (9616069)U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Sarah Morgan · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

US Navy 110630-N-QD416-452 USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is moored in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, during Continuing Promise 2011 — US Navy 110630-N-QD416-452 USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is moored in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, during Continuing Promise 2011U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian A. Goyak · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

U S Air Force and Guatemalan Aircraft stage for a photo during CENTAM Guardian 25 (9053752) — U S Air Force and Guatemalan Aircraft stage for a photo during CENTAM Guardian 25 (9053752)U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance74
Air power—
Manpower72
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $633M #100
Budget as % of GDP: 0.52% #153
Spending per person: $34 #119
GDP: $123.3B #66
Population: 18,687,881 #69

Manpower

Active personnel: 43,000 (World Bank figure) #77
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 43,000 #80

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Others in the region

21Brazil67.6 VS
33Colombia62.2 VS
34Chile62.2 VS
36Mexico60.4 VS
42Argentina58.4 VS
52Venezuela, RB32.3 VS
54Peru31.7 VS
71Ecuador30.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)