Cuba vs Guatemala
Cuba vs Guatemala: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $11 in Cuba in 2018 and $34 in Guatemala in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Guatemala, by $5, or 1.43 times that in Cuba.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Guatemala has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Cuba.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $34 |
| 2024 | – | $25 |
| 2023 | – | $24 |
| 2022 | – | $25 |
| 2021 | – | $19 |
| 2020 | – | $20 |
| 2019 | – | $20 |
| 2018 | $11 | $16 |
| 2017 | $11 | $17 |
| 2016 | $11 | $18 |
| 2015 | $11 | $16 |
| 2014 | $11 | $16 |
| 2013 | $11 | $16 |
| 2012 | $11 | $15 |
| 2011 | $8 | $13 |
| 2010 | $8 | $12 |
| 2009 | $8 | $10 |
| 2008 | $8 | $12 |
| 2007 | $7 | $10 |
| 2006 | $7 | $10 |
| 2005 | $7 | $8 |
| 2004 | $6 | $9 |
| 2003 | $27 | $14 |
| 2002 | – | $13 |
| 2001 | – | $17 |
| 2000 | – | $14 |
| 1999 | – | $11 |
| 1998 | – | $13 |
| 1997 | – | $12 |
| 1996 | – | $14 |
| 1995 | – | $16 |
| 1994 | – | $15 |
| 1993 | – | $15 |
| 1992 | – | $16 |
| 1991 | – | $13 |
| 1990 | – | $15 |
| 1989 | – | $18 |
| 1988 | – | $17 |
- 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 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
- 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
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023