Cuba vs Guatemala
Cuba vs Guatemala: Arms imports
Arms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 6 million TIV in Guatemala in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 1989 the value was higher in Cuba, by 90 million TIV, or 24 times that in Guatemala.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- The world as a whole: 31.7 billion TIV in 1989.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Guatemala | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | – | 6 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 10 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | – | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | – | 14 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | – | 4 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | – | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | 33 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | – | 27 billion |
| 2013 | – | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 2 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | 0 | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 8 million | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | – | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 2 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 4 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 4 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 13 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | – | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | 159 million | – | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 169 million | – | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 94 million | 4 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 167 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 75 million | – | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 281 million | 2 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 352 million | 25 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 426 million | 7 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 778 million | 1 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 960 million | 16 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 960 million | 49 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 349 million | 8 million | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 410 million | 5 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 503 million | 1 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 609 million | 1 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 316 million | 15 million | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 200 million | 47 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 408 million | 15 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 420 million | 0 | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 452 million | 1 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 162 million | 46 million | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 155 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 155 million | 1 million | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 155 million | 16 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 163 million | 1 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 232 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 135 million | 5 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 252 million | 8 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 288 million | 7 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 1.34 billion | 1 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 524 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 153 million | 16 million | 15.7 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cuba vs Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020