Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Military spending as a share of GDP
Costa Rica
0.8%
in 2019
Paraguay
0.9%
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
130th
Paraguay rank
127th
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Costa Rica
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 0.9% against 0.8% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 100 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Paraguay ranks 127th of 172 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Paraguay in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | Paraguay |
| 1940s | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.9% | Paraguay |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 2.3% | 1.9% | Paraguay |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.9% | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.7% | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Costa Rica or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 0.9% against 0.8% in Costa Rica as of 2019.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 0.1%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 100 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Paraguay rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Paraguay ranks 127th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β 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).