Cuba vs Somalia: Military spending

Cuba

155.63 million constant 2022 US$

in 2018

Somalia

149.19 million constant 2022 US$

in 2023

Cuba rank

136th

Somalia rank

138th

Military spending over time

Cuba
Somalia

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 155.63 million constant 2022 US$ against 149.19 million constant 2022 US$ in Somalia, a difference of 6.44 million constant 2022 US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 136th and Somalia ranks 138th of 172 countries.

Individual pages

Military spending in Cuba
Military spending in Somalia
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2022 US$
Source: Barnum et al. - Global Military Spending Dataset (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 172 places, 15,402 data points, 1816–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.