Argentina vs El Salvador: Military spending as a share of GDP
Argentina
0.6%
in 2019
El Salvador
0.7%
in 2019
Argentina rank
145th
El Salvador rank
142nd
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Argentina
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Argentina, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Argentina's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 145 shared years of data; in 1875 it was El Salvador ahead.
Argentina ranks 145th and El Salvador ranks 142nd of 172 countries.
Across the 15 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 10 and El Salvador in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.6% | 1.7% | 1.1% | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 1890s | 0.9% | 2.0% | 1.1% | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.6% | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.6% | Argentina |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Argentina |
| 1940s | 2.0% | 0.5% | 1.5% | Argentina |
| 1950s | 2.8% | 0.9% | 1.9% | Argentina |
| 1960s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Argentina |
| 1970s | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Argentina |
| 1980s | 2.4% | 2.7% | 0.3% | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.0% | Argentina |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Argentina |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Argentina or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Argentina as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Argentina and El Salvador?
- 0.1%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and El Salvador?
- 145 years are reported by both, from 1875 to 2019.
- How do Argentina and El Salvador rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Argentina ranks 145th and El Salvador ranks 142nd of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).