Cuba vs Dominican Republic

Cuba vs Dominican Republic: Arms imports

Arms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 13 million TIV in Dominican Republic in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 28 million TIV, or 4.5 times that in Cuba.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Cuba vs Dominican Republic: Arms importsArms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 13 million TIV in Dominican Republic in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 28 million TIV, or 4.5 times that in Cuba.
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What the numbers say

  • Dominican Republic has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Cuba.
  • The world as a whole: 21.3 billion TIV in 2004.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCubaDominican RepublicWorld
2025–13 million33.3 billion
2024–10 million30.6 billion
2023–9 million29.5 billion
2022–5 million33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
2020–4 million23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
2018––27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
2016–031.4 billion
2015–1 million28.7 billion
2014––27 billion
2013––27.4 billion
2012––27.9 billion
2011–12 million29.9 billion
2010–51 million25.8 billion
2009–10 million24 billion
2008––24.1 billion
2007––26.5 billion
2006––24.4 billion
2005–2 million21.3 billion
20048 million36 million21.3 billion
2003–9 million19.2 billion
2002–017.7 billion
2001–5 million18.3 billion
2000–13 million20.5 billion
1999–1 million25.3 billion
1998–6 million27.9 billion
1997––28.9 billion
1996–4 million23.7 billion
1995––22.9 billion
1994––22.8 billion
1993––25.8 billion
1992––24.3 billion
1991159 million–27.8 billion
1990169 million–28.6 billion
198994 million–31.7 billion
1988167 million3 million32.9 billion
198775 million–36.2 billion
1986281 million035.5 billion
1985352 million2 million33.2 billion
1984426 million25 million36.8 billion
1983778 million–39.1 billion
1982960 million36 million41.4 billion
1981960 million5 million42 billion
1980349 million9 million37.4 billion
1979410 million–33.3 billion
1978503 million–39.2 billion
1977609 million–37 billion
1976316 million12 million33 billion
1975200 million2 million34.2 billion
1974408 million–32.9 billion
1973420 million032.6 billion
1972452 million7 million28.7 billion
1971162 million2 million29.3 billion
1970155 million1 million22.1 billion
1969155 million024.7 billion
1968155 million1 million22.4 billion
1967163 million1 million22.1 billion
1966232 million9 million22.4 billion
1965135 million10 million23.1 billion
1964252 million5 million24.2 billion
1963288 million7 million18.1 billion
19621.34 billion015.5 billion
1961524 million15 million15 billion
1960153 million9 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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