Military Strength: Honduras vs Uruguay

Uruguay (ranked #94 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Honduras (#118) on the ARMS Index. Honduras fields 23,000 active troops vs 22,000 for Uruguay, backed by 60,000 reserves and 8,000 paramilitary. Uruguay's $1.7B defense budget is 3.1:1 that of Honduras ($0.6B).

ARMS (Aggregate Rating of Military Strength) Index face-off Full ranking →

HondurasWorld #118 17.0

ARMS Index / 100

Uruguay leads overall, ahead on 2 of 6 pillars

UruguayWorld #94 22.2

59.223K active troops Manpower15 % 52.422K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 35.631 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
30.620 combat aircraft Air power25 % 22.14 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
28.9$556M budget Defense budget10 % 37.5$1.7B budget

Honduras Uruguay Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · readiness modifier ×1.00 vs ×1.05 · Methodology

Key figures

	Honduras	Uruguay	Ratio
Defense budget	$556M	$1.7B	🇺🇾 3.1×
– share of GDP	1.5%	2.1%	🇺🇾 1.4×
Active personnel	23,000	22,000	🇭🇳 ≈
Combat aircraft	20	4	🇭🇳 5.0×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	31	🇺🇾
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	60,000	0	🇭🇳
Paramilitary forces	8,000	1,400	🇭🇳 5.7×
Military aircraft (all types)	61	46	🇭🇳 1.3×
– helicopters	15	15	—
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$51	$502	🇺🇾 9.8×
Population	10.8M	3.4M	🇭🇳 3.2×
GDP	$37B	$81B	🇺🇾 2.2×
GDP per capita	$3,426	$23,907	🇺🇾 7.0×
Land area	111,890 km²	175,015 km²	🇺🇾 1.6×
Coastline	832 km	660 km	🇭🇳 1.3×