Military Strength: Bolivia vs Honduras

Bolivia (ranked #93 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Honduras (#118) on the ARMS Index. Bolivia fields 71,000 active troops — 3.1:1 Honduras's 23,000, backed by 37,100 paramilitary. Bolivia allocates $0.7B to defense compared to $0.6B for Honduras.

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BoliviaWorld #93 22.7

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Bolivia leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

HondurasWorld #118 17.0

58.871K active troops Manpower15 % 59.223K active troops
40.454 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
28.24 combat aircraft Air power25 % 30.620 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
30.2$659M budget Defense budget10 % 28.9$556M budget

Bolivia Honduras Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×0.95 vs ×1.00 · Methodology

Key figures

	Bolivia	Honduras	Ratio
Defense budget	$659M	$556M	🇧🇴 1.2×
– share of GDP	1.2%	1.5%	🇭🇳 1.2×
Active personnel	71,000	23,000	🇧🇴 3.1×
Combat aircraft	4	20	🇭🇳 5.0×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	54	0	🇧🇴
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	60,000	🇭🇳
Paramilitary forces	37,100	8,000	🇧🇴 4.6×
Military aircraft (all types)	70	61	🇧🇴 1.1×
– helicopters	28	15	🇧🇴 1.9×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$53	$51	🇧🇴 ≈
Population	12.4M	10.8M	🇧🇴 1.1×
GDP	$55B	$37B	🇧🇴 1.5×
GDP per capita	$4,421	$3,426	🇧🇴 1.3×
Land area	1,083,301 km²	111,890 km²	🇧🇴 9.7×
Coastline	0 km	832 km	🇭🇳