Cuba vs Haiti
Cuba vs Haiti: Military spending
Military spending: 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018 and 0.12% of GDP in Haiti in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by 2.81 percentage points, or 47 times that in Haiti.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2013.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 0.12 |
| 2024 | – | 0.08 |
| 2023 | – | 0.06 |
| 2022 | – | 0.07 |
| 2021 | – | 0.15 |
| 2020 | – | 0.1 |
| 2019 | – | 0.09 |
| 2018 | 2.88 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 2.87 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 3.07 | 0.05 |
| 2015 | 3.08 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 3.54 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 3.51 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 3.94 | – |
| 2011 | 3.09 | – |
| 2010 | 3.33 | – |
| 2009 | 3.38 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0.08 |
| 1994 | – | 0.07 |
| 1993 | – | 0.09 |
| 1992 | – | 0.11 |
| 1991 | – | 0.1 |
| 1990 | – | 0.09 |
| 1989 | – | 0.08 |
| 1988 | – | 0.09 |
- 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 Haiti
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Haiti: 64.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Haiti: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Haiti: 43.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Haiti: 2.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Haiti: 8.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Haiti: 11.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Haiti: 1.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Haiti: 2.66 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Haiti: 55.6% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Haiti: 23.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Haiti: 4.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Haiti: -2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Haiti: $3 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Haiti: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Haiti: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Haiti: 0.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Haiti: 1 million TIV in 2025