Military Strength: Honduras vs Nicaragua

Nicaragua (ranked #111 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Honduras (#123) on the ATLAS Index. Honduras fields 23,000 active troops vs 12,000 for Nicaragua, backed by 60,000 reserves and 8,000 paramilitary. Honduras's $0.6B defense budget is 5.6:1 that of Nicaragua ($0.10B).

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HondurasWorld #123 10.7

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Nicaragua leads overall, ahead on 1 of 6 pillars

NicaraguaWorld #111 12.7

34.223K active troops Manpower10 % 23.512K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 27.889 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
19.320 combat aircraft Air power25 % 12.60 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
15.7$556M budget Defense budget15 % 10.2$98M budget

Honduras Nicaragua Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · each conventional pillar read after its branch's availability proxy · Methodology

Key figures

	Honduras	Nicaragua	Ratio
Defense budget	$556M	$98M	🇭🇳 5.6×
– share of GDP	1.5%	0.5%	🇭🇳 3.0×
Active personnel	23,000	12,000	🇭🇳 1.9×
Combat aircraft	20	0	🇭🇳
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	89	🇳🇮
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	60,000	0	🇭🇳
Paramilitary forces	8,000	0	🇭🇳
Military aircraft (all types)	61	17	🇭🇳 3.6×
– helicopters	15	11	🇭🇳 1.4×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$51	$14	🇭🇳 3.6×
Population	10.8M	6.9M	🇭🇳 1.6×
GDP	$37B	$20B	🇭🇳 1.9×
GDP per capita	$3,426	$2,848	🇭🇳 1.2×
Land area	111,890 km²	119,990 km²	🇳🇮 1.1×
Coastline	832 km	910 km	🇳🇮 1.1×