Colombia vs Cuba
Colombia vs Cuba: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $273 in Colombia in 2025 and $11 in Cuba in 2018, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Colombia, by $197, or 18 times that in Cuba.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Colombia | Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $273 | – |
| 2024 | $264 | – |
| 2023 | $207 | – |
| 2022 | $188 | – |
| 2021 | $200 | – |
| 2020 | $190 | – |
| 2019 | $206 | – |
| 2018 | $209 | $11 |
| 2017 | $210 | $11 |
| 2016 | $184 | $11 |
| 2015 | $195 | $11 |
| 2014 | $256 | $11 |
| 2013 | $272 | $11 |
| 2012 | $257 | $11 |
| 2011 | $229 | $8 |
| 2010 | $234 | $8 |
| 2009 | $205 | $8 |
| 2008 | $208 | $8 |
| 2007 | $158 | $7 |
| 2006 | $126 | $7 |
| 2005 | $117 | $7 |
| 2004 | $98 | $6 |
| 2003 | $81 | $27 |
| 2002 | $84 | – |
| 2001 | $83 | – |
| 2000 | $78 | – |
| 1999 | $85 | – |
| 1998 | $91 | – |
| 1997 | $81 | – |
| 1996 | $120 | – |
| 1995 | $74 | – |
| 1994 | $58 | – |
| 1993 | $45 | – |
| 1992 | $33 | – |
| 1991 | $28 | – |
| 1990 | $28 | – |
| 1989 | $28 | – |
| 1988 | $28 | – |
- 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
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 spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP 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