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Cuba

Cuba Military Stats

Definitions

  • Air force > Combat aircraft: Number of fighter aircrafts (fixed wing aircrafts with combat capability).
  • Armed forces personnel: Total armed forces (2000)
  • Army > Attack helicopters: Number of attack helicopter (includes helicopters that have some attacking capabilities).
  • Army > Main battle tanks: Number of main battle tanks.
  • Budget: Annual defense budget in billion USD.
  • Global Peace Index: The Global Peace Index is comprised of 22 indicators in the three categories ongoing domestic or international conflicts; societal safety; and security and militarization. A low index value indicates a peaceful and safe country.
  • Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
  • Navy > Aircraft carriers: Number of aircraft carriers.
  • Navy > Corvette warships: Number of corvettes.
  • Navy > Nuclear submarines: Number of nuclear submarines.
  • Navy > Submarines: Number of patrol boats (includes minesweepers).
  • Paramilitary personnel: Paramilitary.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Personnel > Per capita: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of sevice obligation.
  • War deaths: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths."
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Air force > Combat aircraft 230 2014 6th out of 62
Armed forces personnel 58,000 2000 60th out of 166
Army > Attack helicopters 18 2014 14th out of 25
Army > Main battle tanks 1,600 2014 6th out of 57
Budget 0.2 US$ BN 2014 49th out of 58
Global Peace Index 1.92 2013 98th out of 162
Military service age and obligation 17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service 2012
Navy > Aircraft carriers 0.0 2014 61st out of 70
Navy > Corvette warships 1 2014 25th out of 45
Navy > Nuclear submarines 0.0 2014 30th out of 33
Navy > Submarines 0.0 2014 43th out of 45
Paramilitary personnel 26,500 2014 34th out of 147
Personnel > Per capita 6.74 per 1,000 people 2005 51st out of 160
Service age and obligation 17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service 2006
War deaths 0.0 2008 81st out of 195

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by level of military equipment (List); IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/indexes/global-peace-index, Global Rankings. Vision of Humanity.; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel (The list); World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Uppsala Conflict Data Program, http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/.

Citation

  • Cuba ranked first for weapon holdings amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2001.
  • Cuba ranked 33 places from the bottom for war deaths amongst Catholic countries in 2008.

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