Cuba vs Mexico
Cuba vs Mexico: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $11 in Cuba in 2018 and $104 in Mexico in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Mexico, by $36, or 4.12 times that in Cuba.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $104 |
| 2024 | – | $158 |
| 2023 | – | $92 |
| 2022 | – | $79 |
| 2021 | – | $68 |
| 2020 | – | $64 |
| 2019 | – | $53 |
| 2018 | $11 | $47 |
| 2017 | $11 | $41 |
| 2016 | $11 | $44 |
| 2015 | $11 | $45 |
| 2014 | $11 | $57 |
| 2013 | $11 | $55 |
| 2012 | $11 | $49 |
| 2011 | $8 | $48 |
| 2010 | $8 | $42 |
| 2009 | $8 | $41 |
| 2008 | $8 | $40 |
| 2007 | $7 | $39 |
| 2006 | $7 | $28 |
| 2005 | $7 | $30 |
| 2004 | $6 | $28 |
| 2003 | $27 | $29 |
| 2002 | – | $31 |
| 2001 | – | $33 |
| 2000 | – | $31 |
| 1999 | – | $28 |
| 1998 | – | $24 |
| 1997 | – | $23 |
| 1996 | – | $21 |
| 1995 | – | $17 |
| 1994 | – | $30 |
| 1993 | – | $24 |
| 1992 | – | $21 |
| 1991 | – | $17 |
| 1990 | – | $15 |
| 1989 | – | $14 |
| 1988 | – | $12 |
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cuba vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019