Cuba vs Ecuador
Cuba vs Ecuador: Military spending
Military spending: 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018 and 2.1% of GDP in Ecuador in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by 0.5 percentage points, or 1.21 times that in Ecuador.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Ecuador.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 2.1 |
| 2024 | – | 2.31 |
| 2023 | – | 2.22 |
| 2022 | – | 2.23 |
| 2021 | – | 2.25 |
| 2020 | – | 2.46 |
| 2019 | – | 2.18 |
| 2018 | 2.88 | 2.37 |
| 2017 | 2.87 | 2.36 |
| 2016 | 3.07 | 2.57 |
| 2015 | 3.08 | 2.67 |
| 2014 | 3.54 | 2.71 |
| 2013 | 3.51 | 2.83 |
| 2012 | 3.94 | 2.95 |
| 2011 | 3.09 | 3.11 |
| 2010 | 3.33 | 3.07 |
| 2009 | 3.38 | 3.24 |
| 2008 | – | 2.69 |
| 2007 | – | 2.63 |
| 2006 | – | 2.08 |
| 2005 | – | 2.37 |
| 2004 | – | 2.02 |
| 2003 | – | 2.39 |
| 2002 | – | 1.87 |
| 2001 | – | 1.66 |
| 2000 | – | 1.52 |
| 1999 | – | 1.56 |
| 1998 | – | 2.02 |
| 1997 | – | 1.81 |
| 1996 | – | 1.69 |
| 1995 | – | 1.99 |
| 1994 | – | 1.32 |
| 1993 | – | 1.51 |
| 1992 | – | 1.21 |
| 1991 | – | 1.27 |
| 1990 | – | 1.35 |
| 1989 | – | 1.43 |
| 1988 | – | 1.62 |
| 1987 | – | 1.97 |
| 1986 | – | 1.84 |
| 1985 | – | 1.78 |
| 1984 | – | 1.49 |
| 1983 | – | 1.58 |
| 1982 | – | 1.65 |
| 1981 | – | 1.68 |
| 1980 | – | 1.78 |
| 1979 | – | 1.99 |
| 1978 | – | 2.14 |
| 1977 | – | 3.08 |
| 1976 | – | 2.2 |
| 1975 | – | 2.37 |
| 1974 | – | 2.02 |
| 1973 | – | 1.98 |
| 1972 | – | 1.99 |
| 1971 | – | 1.85 |
| 1970 | – | 1.83 |
| 1969 | – | 2.37 |
| 1968 | – | 1.92 |
| 1967 | – | 1.8 |
| 1966 | – | 1.82 |
| 1965 | – | 2.07 |
| 1964 | – | 1.91 |
| 1963 | – | 1.77 |
| 1962 | – | 2.05 |
| 1961 | – | 2.05 |
| 1960 | – | 2.38 |
| 1959 | – | 1.9 |
| 1958 | – | 2.28 |
| 1957 | – | 2.41 |
| 1953 | – | 1.94 |
- 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
Cuba vs Ecuador
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Ecuador: 77.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Ecuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ecuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Ecuador: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Ecuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Ecuador: 18 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Ecuador: 0.87% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Ecuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Ecuador: 63.4% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Ecuador: 28.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Ecuador: 8.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Ecuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Ecuador: $150 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Ecuador: 42,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Ecuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Ecuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Ecuador: 30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Ecuador: 2 million TIV in 2018