Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Cuba vs Dominican Republic: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $11 in Cuba in 2018 and $90 in Dominican Republic in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by $44, or 4.84 times that in Cuba.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Dominican Republic has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Cuba.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Dominican Republic |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $90 |
| 2024 | – | $89 |
| 2023 | – | $84 |
| 2022 | – | $69 |
| 2021 | – | $55 |
| 2020 | – | $55 |
| 2019 | – | $57 |
| 2018 | $11 | $55 |
| 2017 | $11 | $50 |
| 2016 | $11 | $46 |
| 2015 | $11 | $44 |
| 2014 | $11 | $43 |
| 2013 | $11 | $38 |
| 2012 | $11 | $40 |
| 2011 | $8 | $35 |
| 2010 | $8 | $36 |
| 2009 | $8 | $33 |
| 2008 | $8 | $35 |
| 2007 | $7 | $29 |
| 2006 | $7 | $28 |
| 2005 | $7 | $30 |
| 2004 | $6 | $17 |
| 2003 | $27 | $17 |
| 2002 | – | $31 |
| 2001 | – | $35 |
| 2000 | – | $29 |
| 1999 | – | $21 |
| 1998 | – | $19 |
| 1997 | – | $19 |
| 1996 | – | $13 |
| 1995 | – | $11 |
| 1994 | – | $13 |
| 1993 | – | $13 |
| 1992 | – | $9 |
| 1991 | – | $5 |
| 1990 | – | $7 |
| 1989 | – | $8 |
| 1988 | – | $7 |
- 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
Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Dominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Dominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Dominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Dominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Dominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Dominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Dominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Dominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Dominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Dominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Dominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Dominican Republic: 71,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Dominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Dominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Dominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Dominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022