Colombia vs Cuba
Colombia vs Cuba: Military spending
Military spending: 3.2% of GDP in Colombia in 2025 and 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.16 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Cuba.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Cuba.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2 | – |
| 2024 | 3.31 | – |
| 2023 | 2.94 | – |
| 2022 | 2.8 | – |
| 2021 | 3.2 | – |
| 2020 | 3.53 | – |
| 2019 | 3.15 | – |
| 2018 | 3.03 | 2.88 |
| 2017 | 3.21 | 2.87 |
| 2016 | 3.07 | 3.07 |
| 2015 | 3.11 | 3.08 |
| 2014 | 3.11 | 3.54 |
| 2013 | 3.27 | 3.51 |
| 2012 | 3.16 | 3.94 |
| 2011 | 3.08 | 3.09 |
| 2010 | 3.64 | 3.33 |
| 2009 | 3.89 | 3.38 |
| 2008 | 3.74 | – |
| 2007 | 3.29 | – |
| 2006 | 3.3 | – |
| 2005 | 3.38 | – |
| 2004 | 3.47 | – |
| 2003 | 3.46 | – |
| 2002 | 3.42 | – |
| 2001 | 3.32 | – |
| 2000 | 3.03 | – |
| 1999 | 3.76 | – |
| 1998 | 3.44 | – |
| 1997 | 2.8 | – |
| 1996 | 4.45 | – |
| 1995 | 2.83 | – |
| 1994 | 2.51 | – |
| 1993 | 2.53 | – |
| 1992 | 2.11 | – |
| 1991 | 1.85 | – |
| 1990 | 1.86 | – |
| 1989 | 2.19 | – |
| 1988 | 2.2 | – |
| 1987 | 1.98 | – |
| 1986 | 1.95 | – |
| 1985 | 2.05 | – |
| 1984 | 2.33 | – |
| 1983 | 2.22 | – |
| 1982 | 1.71 | – |
| 1981 | 1.76 | – |
| 1980 | 1.83 | – |
| 1979 | 1.67 | – |
| 1978 | 1.55 | – |
| 1977 | 1.44 | – |
| 1976 | 1.49 | – |
| 1975 | 1.74 | – |
| 1974 | 1.58 | – |
| 1973 | 1.69 | – |
| 1972 | 1.97 | – |
| 1971 | 3.37 | – |
| 1970 | 2.26 | – |
| 1969 | 2.06 | – |
| 1968 | 2.39 | – |
| 1967 | 3.12 | – |
| 1966 | 3.17 | – |
| 1965 | 3.19 | – |
| 1964 | 3.18 | – |
| 1963 | 3.52 | – |
| 1962 | 3.1 | – |
| 1961 | 2.14 | – |
| 1960 | 1.88 | – |
| 1959 | 1.83 | – |
| 1958 | 2.36 | – |
- 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
Colombia vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980