Cuba vs Venezuela

Cuba vs Venezuela: Military spending per person

Military spending per person: $11 in Cuba in 2018 and $69 in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by $58, or 6.34 times that in Cuba.

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US dollars per person · SIPRI

Cuba vs Venezuela: Military spending per personMilitary spending per person: $11 in Cuba in 2018 and $69 in Venezuela in 2017, by SIPRI estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Venezuela, by $58, or 6.34 times that in Cuba.
CubaVenezuelaSIPRI estimateHighly uncertain

What the numbers say

  • Venezuela has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Cuba.

Every year

US dollars per person · SIPRI

YearCubaVenezuela
2018$11–
2017$11$69
2016$11$7
2015$11$11
2014$11$52
2013$11$209
2012$11$174
2011$8$123
2010$8$139
2009$8$144
2008$8$203
2007$7$159
2006$7$134
2005$7$100
2004$6$55
2003$27$38
2002–$43
2001–$77
2000–$74
1999–$59
1998–$62
1997–$67
1996–$33
1995–$55
1994–$44
1993–$61
1992–$48
1991–$49
1990–$38
1989–$63
1988–$59
  • Estimate
  • Highly uncertain

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.

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