Cuba vs Honduras
Cuba vs Honduras: Military spending
Military spending: 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018 and 1.46% of GDP in Honduras in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by 1.39 percentage points, or 1.93 times that in Honduras.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 1.46 |
| 2024 | – | 1.48 |
| 2023 | – | 1.53 |
| 2022 | – | 1.47 |
| 2021 | – | 1.5 |
| 2020 | – | 1.47 |
| 2019 | – | 1.58 |
| 2018 | 2.88 | 1.49 |
| 2017 | 2.87 | 1.59 |
| 2016 | 3.07 | 1.53 |
| 2015 | 3.08 | 1.35 |
| 2014 | 3.54 | 1.19 |
| 2013 | 3.51 | 1.38 |
| 2012 | 3.94 | 1.13 |
| 2011 | 3.09 | 1.13 |
| 2010 | 3.33 | 1.07 |
| 2009 | 3.38 | 1.08 |
| 2008 | – | 0.95 |
| 2007 | – | 0.78 |
| 2006 | – | 0.69 |
| 2005 | – | 0.64 |
| 2004 | – | 0.68 |
| 2003 | – | 1 |
| 2002 | – | 0.81 |
| 2001 | – | 0.82 |
| 2000 | – | 0.73 |
| 1993 | – | 1.16 |
| 1991 | – | 1.55 |
| 1990 | – | 2.2 |
| 1989 | – | 2.67 |
| 1988 | – | 2.85 |
| 1987 | – | 2.95 |
| 1986 | – | 2.77 |
| 1985 | – | 2.58 |
| 1984 | – | 2.44 |
| 1983 | – | 2.28 |
| 1982 | – | 2.31 |
| 1981 | – | 2.15 |
| 1980 | – | 2.22 |
| 1979 | – | 2.24 |
| 1978 | – | 2.27 |
| 1977 | – | 1.91 |
| 1976 | – | 1.76 |
| 1975 | – | 1.9 |
| 1974 | – | 1.6 |
| 1973 | – | 1.68 |
| 1972 | – | 1.84 |
| 1971 | – | 1.47 |
| 1970 | – | 1.37 |
| 1969 | – | 1.07 |
| 1968 | – | 1.09 |
| 1967 | – | 1.14 |
| 1966 | – | 1.18 |
| 1965 | – | 1.23 |
| 1964 | – | 1.28 |
| 1963 | – | 0.93 |
| 1962 | – | 0.99 |
| 1961 | – | 1.08 |
| 1960 | – | 1.17 |
| 1959 | – | 1.51 |
| 1958 | – | 1.72 |
| 1957 | – | 1.65 |
| 1956 | – | 1.12 |
| 1955 | – | 1.1 |
| 1954 | – | 1 |
| 1953 | – | 0.96 |
| 1952 | – | 0.91 |
| 1951 | – | 0.96 |
- 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 Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024