Chile vs Cuba
Chile vs Cuba: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $269 in Chile in 2025 and $11 in Cuba in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Chile, by $285, or 26 times that in Cuba.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Chile | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $269 | – |
| 2024 | $279 | – |
| 2023 | $279 | – |
| 2022 | $238 | – |
| 2021 | $268 | – |
| 2020 | $271 | – |
| 2019 | $272 | – |
| 2018 | $296 | $11 |
| 2017 | $292 | $11 |
| 2016 | $264 | $11 |
| 2015 | $258 | $11 |
| 2014 | $287 | $11 |
| 2013 | $314 | $11 |
| 2012 | $314 | $11 |
| 2011 | $329 | $8 |
| 2010 | $286 | $8 |
| 2009 | $231 | $8 |
| 2008 | $277 | $8 |
| 2007 | $243 | $7 |
| 2006 | $235 | $7 |
| 2005 | $191 | $7 |
| 2004 | $167 | $6 |
| 2003 | $130 | $27 |
| 2002 | $113 | – |
| 2001 | $121 | – |
| 2000 | $137 | – |
| 1999 | $134 | – |
| 1998 | $141 | – |
| 1997 | $143 | – |
| 1996 | $130 | – |
| 1995 | $127 | – |
| 1994 | $103 | – |
| 1993 | $92 | – |
| 1992 | $85 | – |
| 1991 | $77 | – |
| 1990 | $77 | – |
| 1989 | $75 | – |
| 1988 | $78 | – |
- 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
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 spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP 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