Cuba vs Mexico

Cuba vs Mexico: Military spending

Military spending: 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018 and 0.74% of GDP in Mexico in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by 2.41 percentage points, or 6.19 times that in Mexico.

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% of GDP · SIPRI

Cuba vs Mexico: Military spendingMilitary spending: 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018 and 0.74% of GDP in Mexico in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Cuba, by 2.41 percentage points, or 6.19 times that in Mexico.
CubaMexicoSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearCubaMexico
2025–0.74
2024–1.13
2023–0.66
2022–0.69
2021–0.66
2020–0.72
2019–0.51
20182.880.46
20172.870.42
20163.070.48
20153.080.45
20143.540.5
20133.510.49
20123.940.46
20113.090.45
20103.330.43
20093.380.48
2008–0.37
2007–0.38
2006–0.3
2005–0.34
2004–0.35
2003–0.39
2002–0.39
2001–0.41
2000–0.41
1999–0.42
1998–0.41
1997–0.42
1996–0.44
1995–0.41
1994–0.48
1993–0.4
1992–0.47
1991–0.44
1990–0.43
1989–0.52
1988–0.54
1987–0.58
1986–0.63
1985–0.68
1984–0.66
1983–0.52
1982–0.5
1981–0.51
1980–0.42
1979–0.51
1978–0.5
1977–0.53
1976–0.6
1975–0.57
1974–0.57
1973–0.54
1972–0.54
1971–0.49
1970–0.5
1969–0.6
1968–0.55
1967–0.55
1966–0.58
1965–0.59
1964–0.68
1963–0.72
1962–0.69
1961–0.65
1960–0.67
1959–0.64
1958–0.69
1957–0.73
1956–0.74
1955–0.79
1954–0.88
1953–0.81
1952–0.72
1951–0.76
1950–0.86
1949–0.88
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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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