Brazil vs Cuba
Brazil vs Cuba: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $113 in Brazil in 2025 and $11 in Cuba in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Brazil, by $126, or 12 times that in Cuba.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Brazil has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Brazil | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $113 | – |
| 2024 | $99 | – |
| 2023 | $103 | – |
| 2022 | $98 | – |
| 2021 | $92 | – |
| 2020 | $94 | – |
| 2019 | $125 | – |
| 2018 | $137 | $11 |
| 2017 | $144 | $11 |
| 2016 | $120 | $11 |
| 2015 | $123 | $11 |
| 2014 | $164 | $11 |
| 2013 | $166 | $11 |
| 2012 | $173 | $11 |
| 2011 | $190 | $8 |
| 2010 | $176 | $8 |
| 2009 | $134 | $8 |
| 2008 | $129 | $8 |
| 2007 | $109 | $7 |
| 2006 | $88 | $7 |
| 2005 | $74 | $7 |
| 2004 | $54 | $6 |
| 2003 | $47 | $27 |
| 2002 | $54 | – |
| 2001 | $62 | – |
| 2000 | $66 | – |
| 1999 | $58 | – |
| 1998 | $86 | – |
| 1997 | $84 | – |
| 1996 | $86 | – |
| 1995 | $89 | – |
| 1994 | $67 | – |
| 1993 | $46 | – |
| 1992 | $33 | – |
| 1991 | $45 | – |
| 1990 | $62 | – |
| 1989 | $60 | – |
| 1988 | $41 | – |
- 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
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 spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP 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