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.
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Watch it change on the map% of GDP · SIPRI · log scale
Latest figures
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba | 2.88 2018 | — | — |
| Haiti | 0.12 2025 | 0.04 | 148 of 151 |
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.
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