Bolivia vs Cuba
Bolivia vs Cuba: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $55 in Bolivia in 2025 and $11 in Cuba in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Bolivia, by $41, or 4.61 times that in Cuba.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Bolivia has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Cuba.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Bolivia | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $55 | – |
| 2024 | $46 | – |
| 2023 | $48 | – |
| 2022 | $36 | – |
| 2021 | $45 | – |
| 2020 | $43 | – |
| 2019 | $51 | – |
| 2018 | $53 | $11 |
| 2017 | $51 | $11 |
| 2016 | $47 | $11 |
| 2015 | $53 | $11 |
| 2014 | $58 | $11 |
| 2013 | $53 | $11 |
| 2012 | $48 | $11 |
| 2011 | $39 | $8 |
| 2010 | $54 | $8 |
| 2009 | $31 | $8 |
| 2008 | $37 | $8 |
| 2007 | $20 | $7 |
| 2006 | $18 | $7 |
| 2005 | $18 | $7 |
| 2004 | $18 | $6 |
| 2003 | $19 | $27 |
| 2002 | $18 | – |
| 2001 | $22 | – |
| 2000 | $20 | – |
| 1999 | $21 | – |
| 1998 | $28 | – |
| 1997 | $22 | – |
| 1996 | $18 | – |
| 1995 | $18 | – |
| 1994 | $18 | – |
| 1993 | $15 | – |
| 1992 | $19 | – |
| 1991 | $20 | – |
| 1990 | $19 | – |
| 1989 | $15 | – |
| 1988 | $14 | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP 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