Cuba
Military spending in Cuba
Military spending in Cuba: 3.38% of GDP in 2009 and 2.88% of GDP in 2018, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2018
- 2.88% of GDP
- Since 2009
- −0.5 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 3.94% of GDP in 2012, the lowest 2.87% of GDP in 2017.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Cuba |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2.88 |
| 2017 | 2.87 |
| 2016 | 3.07 |
| 2015 | 3.08 |
| 2014 | 3.54 |
| 2013 | 3.51 |
| 2012 | 3.94 |
| 2011 | 3.09 |
| 2010 | 3.33 |
| 2009 | 3.38 |
- Estimate
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.
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