Cuba vs United States
Cuba vs United States: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $11 in Cuba in 2018 and $2,755 in United States in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in United States, by $2,034, or 180 times that in Cuba.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2003.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $2,755 |
| 2024 | – | $2,917 |
| 2023 | – | $2,675 |
| 2022 | – | $2,527 |
| 2021 | – | $2,373 |
| 2020 | – | $2,295 |
| 2019 | – | $2,183 |
| 2018 | $11 | $2,045 |
| 2017 | $11 | $1,956 |
| 2016 | $11 | $1,953 |
| 2015 | $11 | $1,952 |
| 2014 | $11 | $2,014 |
| 2013 | $11 | $2,132 |
| 2012 | $11 | $2,298 |
| 2011 | $8 | $2,407 |
| 2010 | $8 | $2,384 |
| 2009 | $8 | $2,303 |
| 2008 | $8 | $2,165 |
| 2007 | $7 | $1,964 |
| 2006 | $7 | $1,879 |
| 2005 | $7 | $1,812 |
| 2004 | $6 | $1,692 |
| 2003 | $27 | $1,527 |
| 2002 | – | $1,325 |
| 2001 | – | $1,173 |
| 2000 | – | $1,143 |
| 1999 | – | $1,074 |
| 1998 | – | $1,059 |
| 1997 | – | $1,077 |
| 1996 | – | $1,068 |
| 1995 | – | $1,109 |
| 1994 | – | $1,167 |
| 1993 | – | $1,213 |
| 1992 | – | $1,260 |
| 1991 | – | $1,174 |
| 1990 | – | $1,291 |
| 1989 | – | $1,290 |
| 1988 | – | $1,252 |
- 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 United States
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025