Cuba vs Venezuela

Cuba vs Venezuela: Arms imports

Arms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 98 million TIV in Venezuela in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 1 million TIV, or 1.13 times that in Cuba.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Cuba vs Venezuela: Arms importsArms imports: 8 million TIV in Cuba in 2004 and 98 million TIV in Venezuela in 2023, by SIPRI estimates. In 2004 the value was higher in Venezuela, by 1 million TIV, or 1.13 times that in Cuba.
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What the numbers say

  • Venezuela has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Cuba.
  • The world as a whole: 21.3 billion TIV in 2004.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

YearCubaVenezuelaWorld
2025––33.3 billion
2024––30.6 billion
2023–98 million29.5 billion
2022––33 billion
2021––26.8 billion
2020–79 million23.4 billion
2019––26.9 billion
2018–14 million27.3 billion
2017––31.2 billion
2016–95 million31.4 billion
2015–138 million28.7 billion
2014–186 million27 billion
2013–1.01 billion27.4 billion
2012–692 million27.9 billion
2011–600 million29.9 billion
2010–211 million25.8 billion
2009–366 million24 billion
2008–741 million24.1 billion
2007–770 million26.5 billion
2006–380 million24.4 billion
2005–21 million21.3 billion
20048 million9 million21.3 billion
2003–15 million19.2 billion
2002–44 million17.7 billion
2001–106 million18.3 billion
2000–108 million20.5 billion
1999–85 million25.3 billion
1998–8 million27.9 billion
1997–39 million28.9 billion
1996–37 million23.7 billion
1995–5 million22.9 billion
1994–1 million22.8 billion
1993–37 million25.8 billion
1992–72 million24.3 billion
1991159 million318 million27.8 billion
1990169 million189 million28.6 billion
198994 million120 million31.7 billion
1988167 million105 million32.9 billion
198775 million73 million36.2 billion
1986281 million92 million35.5 billion
1985352 million517 million33.2 billion
1984426 million234 million36.8 billion
1983778 million241 million39.1 billion
1982960 million698 million41.4 billion
1981960 million908 million42 billion
1980349 million361 million37.4 billion
1979410 million14 million33.3 billion
1978503 million59 million39.2 billion
1977609 million216 million37 billion
1976316 million170 million33 billion
1975200 million230 million34.2 billion
1974408 million252 million32.9 billion
1973420 million395 million32.6 billion
1972452 million165 million28.7 billion
1971162 million130 million29.3 billion
1970155 million15 million22.1 billion
1969155 million8 million24.7 billion
1968155 million20 million22.4 billion
1967163 million205 million22.1 billion
1966232 million69 million22.4 billion
1965135 million–23.1 billion
1964252 million6 million24.2 billion
1963288 million34 million18.1 billion
19621.34 billion32 million15.5 billion
1961524 million32 million15 billion
1960153 million64 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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