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Cuba

At a glance

  • Cuba has a population of about 10.9M; its total GDP of $107.4B ranks #71 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 109,880 km² is about 55% of the world median of 198,330 km².
  • Renewable electricity share stands out most against the median: 4.8% — rank #145 of 169 countries with data.

Where Cuba stands

Population log axis

Population across 169 countries with data: Cuba at 10.9M, rank #87, world median 11.5M, logarithmic axis. Median 11.5M Cuba · 10.9M

GDP (total) log axis

GDP (total) across 168 countries with data: Cuba at $107.4B, rank #71, world median $80.7B, logarithmic axis. Median $80.7B Cuba · $107.4B

GDP per capita log axis

GDP per capita across 168 countries with data: Cuba at $9,605, rank #71, world median $6,834, logarithmic axis. Median $6,834 Cuba · $9,605

Life expectancy

Life expectancy across 169 countries with data: Cuba at 78.3 years, rank #46, world median 73.8 years. Median 73.8 years Cuba · 78.3 years

Every dot is one country with data — the highlighted dot is this country; the dashed line marks the world median. Wide-range metrics use a logarithmic axis (tagged) so the whole field stays readable.

Cuba: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Trend Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 10.9M (2025) −2% #87 / 169 median 11.5M · 95%
Population growth -0.4% (2025) −230% #157 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 77.2% (2025) +2% #47 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.2×
Population aged 65+ 17.0% (2025) +65% #42 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.3×
Fertility rate 1.4 (2024) −12% #131 / 169 median 2.1 · 69%
Birth rate 8.6‰ (2024) −31% #142 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 54%
Death rate 10.4‰ (2024) +42% #26 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.5×
Net migration -22.2K (2025) #126 / 169 N/A
Surface area 109,880 km² (2023) #109 / 176 median 198,330 km² · 55%
Population density derived 99.5/km² (2025) −2% #64 / 169 median 75.5/km² · 1.3×
Economy
GDP (total) $107.4B (2020) +220% #71 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.3×
GDP per capita $9,605 (2020) +220% #71 / 168 median $6,834 · 1.4×
GNI per capita $9,010 (2019) +218% #70 / 168 median $6,350 · 1.4×
GDP growth (annual) -1.1% (2024) −175% #159 / 168 N/A
Inflation rate N/A N/A N/A
Unemployment rate 1.7% (2025) −47% #155 / 168 median 5.1% · 34%
Gini index N/A N/A N/A
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) N/A N/A N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 42.5% (2024) +268% #57 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.2×
Imports share of GDP 82.4% (2024) +524% #13 / 163 median 40.2% · 2.0×
Agriculture share of GDP 1.2% (2024) −79% #149 / 168 median 7.2% · 17%
Manufacturing share of GDP 10.7% (2024) −30% #87 / 165 median 11.2% · 96%
International tourist arrivals 1.1M (2020) −36% #83 / 162 median 1.1M · 96%
Tourism receipts $1.2B (2020) −35% #67 / 165 median $705M · 1.6×
Health & education
Life expectancy 78.3 years (2024) +2% #46 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 6.8‰ (2024) +8% #116 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 52%
Under-five mortality 8.6‰ (2024) +9% #112 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 55%
DPT immunization 99.0% (2024) +0% #3 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 4.3 per 1,000 (2023) −13% #30 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 2.1×
Health spending share of GDP 9.4% (2023) +32% #32 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.4×
Secondary school enrollment 91.7% (2024) +4% #79 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Education spending share of GDP 8.4% (2022) −12% #3 / 165 median 4.1% · 2.0×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.762 (2023) +7% #80 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 70.5% (2024) +1769% #102 / 169 median 81.5% · 87%
Mobile subscriptions 72.9 per 100 (2024) +45565% #139 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 63%
Fixed broadband 3.1 per 100 (2024) +17782% #114 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 26%
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) +5% #17 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 1.9 t (2024) −20% #97 / 165 median 2.6 t · 72%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 21.0 Mt (2024) −21% #84 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 98%
Renewable electricity share 4.8% (2021) −28% #145 / 169 median 34.1% · 14%
Renewable energy consumption 20.9% (2021) −40% #97 / 169 median 26.9% · 78%
Forest area 31.2% (2023) +31% #86 / 169 median 32.4% · 96%
Agricultural land 61.7% (2023) −1% #33 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.5×
Arable land 28.0% (2023) −22% #30 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.5×
PM2.5 exposure 9.4 µg/m³ (2023) −21% #144 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 48%
Military spending 2.9% (2018) −15% #33 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.6×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Cuba's true-shape outline

Cuba's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 109,880 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Surface area (sq. km) — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).