Cuba vs Haiti: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $11 in Cuba in 2018 and $3 in Haiti in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by $11, or 13 times that in Haiti.
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Watch it change on the mapUS dollars per person · SIPRI
Latest figures
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba | $11 2018 | $8 | — |
| Haiti | $3 2025 | $1 | 148 of 151 |
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2013.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $3 |
| 2024 | – | $2 |
| 2023 | – | $1 |
| 2022 | – | $1 |
| 2021 | – | $3 |
| 2020 | – | $1 |
| 2019 | – | $1 |
| 2018 | $11 | $1 |
| 2017 | $11 | $1 |
| 2016 | $11 | $1 |
| 2015 | $11 | $1 |
| 2014 | $11 | $1 |
| 2013 | $11 | $0 |
| 2012 | $11 | – |
| 2011 | $8 | – |
| 2010 | $8 | – |
| 2009 | $8 | – |
| 2008 | $8 | – |
| 2007 | $7 | – |
| 2006 | $7 | – |
| 2005 | $7 | – |
| 2004 | $6 | – |
| 2003 | $27 | – |
| 1995 | – | $0 |
| 1994 | – | $0 |
| 1993 | – | $0 |
| 1992 | – | $0 |
| 1991 | – | $0 |
| 1990 | – | $0 |
| 1989 | – | $0 |
| 1988 | – | $0 |
- 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.
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