Chile vs Cuba
Chile vs Cuba: Military spending
Military spending: 1.52% of GDP in Chile in 2025 and 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by 1 percentage points, or 1.53 times that in Chile.
% 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 | Chile | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.52 | – |
| 2024 | 1.67 | – |
| 2023 | 1.63 | – |
| 2022 | 1.55 | – |
| 2021 | 1.65 | – |
| 2020 | 2.07 | – |
| 2019 | 1.87 | – |
| 2018 | 1.88 | 2.88 |
| 2017 | 1.94 | 2.87 |
| 2016 | 1.92 | 3.07 |
| 2015 | 1.91 | 3.08 |
| 2014 | 1.97 | 3.54 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3.51 |
| 2012 | 2.05 | 3.94 |
| 2011 | 2.26 | 3.09 |
| 2010 | 2.25 | 3.33 |
| 2009 | 2.28 | 3.38 |
| 2008 | 2.58 | – |
| 2007 | 2.33 | – |
| 2006 | 2.51 | – |
| 2005 | 2.54 | – |
| 2004 | 2.71 | – |
| 2003 | 2.7 | – |
| 2002 | 2.53 | – |
| 2001 | 2.65 | – |
| 2000 | 2.69 | – |
| 1999 | 2.7 | – |
| 1998 | 2.58 | – |
| 1997 | 2.47 | – |
| 1996 | 2.42 | – |
| 1995 | 2.56 | – |
| 1994 | 2.6 | – |
| 1993 | 2.71 | – |
| 1992 | 2.63 | – |
| 1991 | 2.85 | – |
| 1990 | 3.4 | – |
| 1989 | 3.59 | – |
| 1988 | 4.14 | – |
| 1987 | 5.64 | – |
| 1986 | 6.29 | – |
| 1985 | 6.9 | – |
| 1984 | 7.61 | – |
| 1983 | 7.58 | – |
| 1982 | 8.88 | – |
| 1981 | 7.02 | – |
| 1980 | 6.48 | – |
| 1979 | 6.33 | – |
| 1978 | 6.73 | – |
| 1977 | 6.92 | – |
| 1976 | 6.09 | – |
| 1975 | 6.74 | – |
| 1974 | 7.11 | – |
| 1973 | 6.28 | – |
| 1972 | 6.63 | – |
| 1971 | 6.27 | – |
| 1970 | 4.45 | – |
| 1969 | 2.26 | – |
| 1968 | 2.53 | – |
| 1967 | 2.71 | – |
| 1966 | 2.74 | – |
| 1965 | 2.89 | – |
| 1964 | 2.64 | – |
| 1963 | 2.87 | – |
| 1962 | 3.04 | – |
| 1961 | 3.53 | – |
| 1960 | 3.12 | – |
| 1959 | 2.15 | – |
| 1958 | 2.7 | – |
| 1957 | 3.05 | – |
| 1956 | 2.3 | – |
| 1955 | 2.3 | – |
| 1954 | 1.69 | – |
| 1953 | 2.78 | – |
| 1952 | 2.57 | – |
| 1951 | 3.07 | – |
| 1950 | 2.64 | – |
- 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
Chile vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980