Cuba vs United States

Cuba vs United States: Arms imports

Arms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 745 million TIV in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in United States, by 588 million TIV, or 75 times that in Cuba.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Cuba vs United States: Arms importsArms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 745 million TIV in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in United States, by 588 million TIV, or 75 times that in Cuba.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher since 1985, when it overtook Cuba.
  • The world as a whole: 21.3 billion TIV in 2004.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCubaUnited StatesWorld
2025–745 million33.3 billion
2024–1.05 billion30.6 billion
2023–891 million29.5 billion
2022–846 million33 billion
2021–922 million26.8 billion
2020–806 million23.4 billion
2019–882 million26.9 billion
2018–379 million27.3 billion
2017–504 million31.2 billion
2016–447 million31.4 billion
2015–482 million28.7 billion
2014–568 million27 billion
2013–767 million27.4 billion
2012–1.14 billion27.9 billion
2011–937 million29.9 billion
2010–969 million25.8 billion
2009–939 million24 billion
2008–936 million24.1 billion
2007–842 million26.5 billion
2006–706 million24.4 billion
2005–582 million21.3 billion
20048 million596 million21.3 billion
2003–630 million19.2 billion
2002–515 million17.7 billion
2001–508 million18.3 billion
2000–333 million20.5 billion
1999–220 million25.3 billion
1998–262 million27.9 billion
1997–610 million28.9 billion
1996–601 million23.7 billion
1995–809 million22.9 billion
1994–951 million22.8 billion
1993–968 million25.8 billion
1992–540 million24.3 billion
1991159 million515 million27.8 billion
1990169 million363 million28.6 billion
198994 million1.78 billion31.7 billion
1988167 million1.79 billion32.9 billion
198775 million2 billion36.2 billion
1986281 million424 million35.5 billion
1985352 million655 million33.2 billion
1984426 million381 million36.8 billion
1983778 million463 million39.1 billion
1982960 million248 million41.4 billion
1981960 million531 million42 billion
1980349 million380 million37.4 billion
1979410 million253 million33.3 billion
1978503 million369 million39.2 billion
1977609 million384 million37 billion
1976316 million499 million33 billion
1975200 million388 million34.2 billion
1974408 million586 million32.9 billion
1973420 million656 million32.6 billion
1972452 million769 million28.7 billion
1971162 million578 million29.3 billion
1970155 million38 million22.1 billion
1969155 million50 million24.7 billion
1968155 million62 million22.4 billion
1967163 million88 million22.1 billion
1966232 million89 million22.4 billion
1965135 million170 million23.1 billion
1964252 million358 million24.2 billion
1963288 million283 million18.1 billion
19621.34 billion236 million15.5 billion
1961524 million198 million15 billion
1960153 million181 million15.7 billion

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
  • Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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