Defence spending
US$128.61m
0.1% of GDPGDP 2020
2018 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
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Caribbean · Military profile
Cuba country profile with source-backed equipment operators and dated national observations. The linked records retain their published sources and reference years.
01 / National data
Military, personnel and economic indicators
2018 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
EQUIPMENT & WEAPONS
Equipment listed in inventory and operator sources, grouped by force and category. Sourced quantities retain their date, variant coverage and inventory status. Equipment without a documented count is listed by type.
128 matching equipment types
| Equipment | Cuba |
|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | |
| Mikoyan MiG-29 | 32026Wikipedia |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | 3Anti-aircraft Defence and Revolutionary Air Force · 2025 |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 | In service |
| Support aircraft | |
| Antonov An-148 | 62026Wikipedia |
| Antonov An-24 | 12026Wikipedia |
| Antonov An-26 | 32026Wikipedia |
| Antonov An-30 | 12026Wikipedia |
| ATR 42 | In service |
| Douglas C-47 Skytrain | In service |
| Ilyushin Il-76 | 22026Wikipedia |
| Ilyushin Il-96 | 3Anti-aircraft Defence and Revolutionary Air Force · 2025 |
| Tupolev Tu-204 | In service |
| Equipment | Cuba |
|---|---|
| Tanks | |
| PT-76 | In service |
| T-54/T-55 | In service |
| T-62 | In service |
| Armoured vehicles | |
| BMD-1 | In service |
| BMP-1 | 50Army · 2026Wikipedia |
| BRDM-1 | In service |
| BRDM-2 | In service |
| BTR-152 | In service |
| BTR-50 | In service |
| BTR-60 | In service |
| Artillery | |
| 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) | In service |
| 122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) | In service |
| Equipment | Cuba |
|---|---|
| Air defence | |
| 2K12 Kub | In service |
| 9K31 Strela-1 | In service |
| 9K33 Osa | In service |
| 9K35 Strela-10 | 200Army · 2025 |
| AK-630 | In service |
| M53/59 Praga | In service |
| S-125 Neva/Pechora | In service |
| S-75 Dvina | In service |
| ZSU-23-4 Shilka | In service |
| ZSU-57-2 | In service |
| Anti-aircraft guns | |
| 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) | In service |
| AZP S-60 | In service |
| Equipment | Cuba |
|---|---|
| Small arms | |
| AGS-17 | In service |
| AK-47 | In service |
| AK-74 | In service |
| AKM | In service |
| Alejandro sniper rifle | In service |
| AS Val and VSS Vintorez | In service |
| Browning Hi-Power | In service |
| Degtyaryov machine gun | In service |
| DShK | In service |
| FB PM-63 | In service |
| KPV heavy machine gun | In service |
| M1918 Browning automatic rifle | In service |
| Equipment | Cuba |
|---|---|
| Radar & sensors | |
| P-18 radar | In service |
Coverage is incomplete. “Not documented” means no linked inventory evidence, not zero equipment. Methodology ↗
04 / Data record
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 IISS population assessment | 10,059,519 people | International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) | superseded |
National full-time active military personnel; the separately reported reserve, gendarmerie and paramilitary totals are excluded.
2025 annual observation. Midyear resident population estimate.
2020 annual observation. Annual nominal GDP, current US dollars; not purchasing-power parity.
2020 annual observation. Active-duty military personnel, including qualifying paramilitary forces; not an active-regular-only count.
National military reserve pool; excludes the separately reported active and paramilitary personnel. Training/mobilisation definitions remain source-specific.
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