World Military Power
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El Salvador

Latin America & Caribbean · San Salvador

Rank #98 of 173

28.8Strength score

Photos

Salvadoran Army patrol in Santa Tecla, El Salvador (July 2022)
Salvadoran Army patrol in Santa Tecla, El Salvador (July 2022)PizzaKing13 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
US Navy 070725-N-8704K-122 El Salvador navy sailors stand at parade rest as Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pulls into Acajutla, El Salvador
US Navy 070725-N-8704K-122 El Salvador navy sailors stand at parade rest as Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pulls into Acajutla, El SalvadorU.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Karsten · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
713 Dassault Ouragan El Salvador Air Force (7486014620)
713 Dassault Ouragan El Salvador Air Force (7486014620)Aeroprints.com · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

  • Finance73
  • Air power—
  • Manpower71
  • Land forces—
  • Naval power—
  • Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget
$490M #111
Budget as % of GDP
1.34% #105
Spending per person
$77 #90
GDP
$36.7B #107
Population
6,365,503 #111

Manpower

Active personnel
42,000 (World Bank figure) #79
Reserve personnel
—
Paramilitary
—
Total personnel
42,000 #82

Land forces

Tanks
—
Armoured vehicles
—
Self-propelled artillery
—
Towed artillery
—
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
—

Air power

Total aircraft
—
Fighter jets
—
Attack aircraft & bombers
—
Transport aircraft
—
Helicopters
—
Attack helicopters
—

Naval power

Total naval vessels
—
Aircraft carriers
—
Helicopter carriers
—
Submarines
—
Destroyers
—
Frigates
—
Corvettes
—
Patrol vessels
—

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
—

Others in the region

  1. 21Brazil67.6 VS
  2. 33Colombia62.2 VS
  3. 34Chile62.2 VS
  4. 36Mexico60.4 VS
  5. 42Argentina58.4 VS
  6. 52Venezuela, RB32.3 VS
  7. 54Peru31.7 VS
  8. 71Ecuador30.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)