Cuba vs Haiti: Military spending as a share of GDP
Cuba
0.1%
in 2018
Haiti
0.1%
in 2019
Cuba rank
170th
Haiti rank
171st
Military spending as a share of GDP over time
- Cuba
- Haiti
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Haiti, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.4 times Haiti's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1902 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 170th and Haiti ranks 171st of 172 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Haiti | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7.1% | 1.7% | 5.4% | Cuba |
| 1910s | 6.0% | 1.6% | 4.4% | Cuba |
| 1930s | 1.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% | Cuba |
| 1940s | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | Cuba |
| 1950s | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.8% | Cuba |
| 1960s | 3.5% | 0.9% | 2.6% | Cuba |
| 1970s | 3.7% | 0.6% | 3.0% | Cuba |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 0.6% | 3.6% | Cuba |
| 1990s | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.6% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 0.3% | 1.6% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military spending as a share of gdp, Cuba or Haiti?
- Cuba, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Haiti as of 2018.
- What is the difference in military spending as a share of gdp between Cuba and Haiti?
- 0.0%, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Haiti?
- 97 years are reported by both, from 1902 to 2018.
- How do Cuba and Haiti rank globally for military spending as a share of gdp?
- Cuba ranks 170th and Haiti ranks 171st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Military spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military spending measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).