Cuba vs Venezuela
Cuba vs Venezuela: Military spending
Military spending: 2.88% of GDP in Cuba in 2018 and 2.23% of GDP in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Cuba, by 0.64 percentage points, or 1.29 times that in Venezuela.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2009.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.88 | – |
| 2017 | 2.87 | 2.23 |
| 2016 | 3.07 | 0.45 |
| 2015 | 3.08 | 0.94 |
| 2014 | 3.54 | 1.16 |
| 2013 | 3.51 | 1.67 |
| 2012 | 3.94 | 1.34 |
| 2011 | 3.09 | 1.13 |
| 2010 | 3.33 | 1.01 |
| 2009 | 3.38 | 1.23 |
| 2008 | – | 1.79 |
| 2007 | – | 1.89 |
| 2006 | – | 1.98 |
| 2005 | – | 1.83 |
| 2004 | – | 1.29 |
| 2003 | – | 1.18 |
| 2002 | – | 1.15 |
| 2001 | – | 1.56 |
| 2000 | – | 1.53 |
| 1999 | – | 1.44 |
| 1998 | – | 1.59 |
| 1997 | – | 1.8 |
| 1996 | – | 1.04 |
| 1995 | – | 1.55 |
| 1994 | – | 1.59 |
| 1993 | – | 2.15 |
| 1992 | – | 1.64 |
| 1991 | – | 1.84 |
| 1990 | – | 1.52 |
| 1989 | – | 2.79 |
| 1988 | – | 1.82 |
| 1987 | – | 1.63 |
| 1986 | – | 1.65 |
| 1985 | – | 1.37 |
| 1984 | – | 2.29 |
| 1983 | – | 2.97 |
| 1982 | – | 2.25 |
| 1981 | – | 1.52 |
| 1980 | – | 1.7 |
| 1979 | – | 1.92 |
| 1978 | – | 2.11 |
| 1977 | – | 2.07 |
| 1976 | – | 1.89 |
| 1975 | – | 2.59 |
| 1974 | – | 2.31 |
| 1973 | – | 2.47 |
| 1972 | – | 2.83 |
| 1971 | – | 2.7 |
| 1970 | – | 2.29 |
| 1969 | – | 2.5 |
| 1968 | – | 2.68 |
| 1967 | – | 2.86 |
| 1966 | – | 2.66 |
| 1965 | – | 2.64 |
| 1964 | – | 2.45 |
| 1963 | – | 2.55 |
| 1962 | – | 2.31 |
| 1961 | – | 1.42 |
| 1960 | – | 3.06 |
| 1959 | – | 2.96 |
| 1958 | – | 3.43 |
| 1957 | – | 3.22 |
| 1956 | – | 2.76 |
| 1955 | – | 2.58 |
- Estimate
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cuba vs Venezuela
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009