Bolivia vs Cuba
Bolivia vs Cuba: Military spending
Military spending: 1.22% of GDP in Bolivia in 2025 and 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by 1.38 percentage points, or 1.92 times that in Bolivia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Bolivia | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.22 | – |
| 2024 | 1.22 | – |
| 2023 | 1.3 | – |
| 2022 | 0.97 | – |
| 2021 | 1.33 | – |
| 2020 | 1.39 | – |
| 2019 | 1.45 | – |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 2.88 |
| 2017 | 1.54 | 2.87 |
| 2016 | 1.53 | 3.07 |
| 2015 | 1.76 | 3.08 |
| 2014 | 1.9 | 3.54 |
| 2013 | 1.84 | 3.51 |
| 2012 | 1.85 | 3.94 |
| 2011 | 1.68 | 3.09 |
| 2010 | 2.79 | 3.33 |
| 2009 | 1.76 | 3.38 |
| 2008 | 2.19 | – |
| 2007 | 1.49 | – |
| 2006 | 1.47 | – |
| 2005 | 1.72 | – |
| 2004 | 1.9 | – |
| 2003 | 2.15 | – |
| 2002 | 1.99 | – |
| 2001 | 2.32 | – |
| 2000 | 2.06 | – |
| 1999 | 2.13 | – |
| 1998 | 2.69 | – |
| 1997 | 2.27 | – |
| 1996 | 1.99 | – |
| 1995 | 2.1 | – |
| 1994 | 2.25 | – |
| 1993 | 1.92 | – |
| 1992 | 2.51 | – |
| 1991 | 2.69 | – |
| 1990 | 2.82 | – |
| 1989 | 2.16 | – |
| 1988 | 2.02 | – |
| 1987 | 2.38 | – |
| 1986 | 2.35 | – |
| 1985 | 2.01 | – |
| 1984 | 2.17 | – |
| 1983 | 1.5 | – |
| 1982 | 1.98 | – |
| 1981 | 3.9 | – |
| 1980 | 3.17 | – |
| 1979 | 2.71 | – |
| 1978 | 2.6 | – |
| 1977 | 2.25 | – |
| 1976 | 2.37 | – |
| 1975 | 2.37 | – |
| 1974 | 1.84 | – |
| 1973 | 1.62 | – |
| 1972 | 1.6 | – |
| 1971 | 1.39 | – |
| 1970 | 1.61 | – |
| 1969 | 1.32 | – |
| 1968 | 1.35 | – |
| 1963 | 1.33 | – |
| 1962 | 1.16 | – |
| 1961 | 1.2 | – |
| 1957 | 0.82 | – |
| 1956 | 0.36 | – |
| 1955 | 0.32 | – |
| 1953 | 0.53 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bolivia vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004