Brazil vs Cuba
Brazil vs Cuba: Military spending
Military spending: 1.05% of GDP in Brazil in 2025 and 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by 1.41 percentage points, or 1.96 times that in Brazil.
% 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 | Brazil | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.05 | – |
| 2024 | 0.96 | – |
| 2023 | 0.99 | – |
| 2022 | 1.05 | – |
| 2021 | 1.15 | – |
| 2020 | 1.33 | – |
| 2019 | 1.38 | – |
| 2018 | 1.47 | 2.88 |
| 2017 | 1.41 | 2.87 |
| 2016 | 1.35 | 3.07 |
| 2015 | 1.37 | 3.08 |
| 2014 | 1.33 | 3.54 |
| 2013 | 1.33 | 3.51 |
| 2012 | 1.38 | 3.94 |
| 2011 | 1.41 | 3.09 |
| 2010 | 1.54 | 3.33 |
| 2009 | 1.54 | 3.38 |
| 2008 | 1.44 | – |
| 2007 | 1.47 | – |
| 2006 | 1.48 | – |
| 2005 | 1.52 | – |
| 2004 | 1.46 | – |
| 2003 | 1.5 | – |
| 2002 | 1.9 | – |
| 2001 | 1.95 | – |
| 2000 | 1.73 | – |
| 1999 | 1.65 | – |
| 1998 | 1.66 | – |
| 1997 | 1.58 | – |
| 1996 | 1.66 | – |
| 1995 | 1.86 | – |
| 1994 | 2.02 | – |
| 1993 | 1.93 | – |
| 1992 | 1.52 | – |
| 1991 | 1.96 | – |
| 1990 | 2.36 | – |
| 1989 | 2.69 | – |
| 1988 | 2.12 | – |
| 1987 | 1.74 | – |
| 1986 | 1.22 | – |
| 1985 | 1.43 | – |
| 1984 | 1.2 | – |
| 1983 | 1.26 | – |
| 1982 | 1.3 | – |
| 1981 | 1.14 | – |
| 1980 | 1.14 | – |
| 1979 | 1.52 | – |
| 1978 | 1.6 | – |
| 1977 | 1.69 | – |
| 1976 | 2 | – |
| 1975 | 1.97 | – |
| 1974 | 1.94 | – |
| 1973 | 2.16 | – |
| 1972 | 2.44 | – |
| 1971 | 2.62 | – |
| 1970 | 2.89 | – |
| 1969 | 2.62 | – |
| 1968 | 2.65 | – |
| 1967 | 2.86 | – |
| 1966 | 3.02 | – |
| 1965 | 3.35 | – |
| 1964 | 2.01 | – |
| 1963 | 2.26 | – |
| 1962 | 2.4 | – |
| 1961 | 2.36 | – |
| 1960 | 2.68 | – |
| 1959 | 2.96 | – |
| 1958 | 4.07 | – |
| 1957 | 4.4 | – |
| 1953 | 3.6 | – |
- 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
Brazil vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelBrazil: 762,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980