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🇨🇺 Cuba

Republic of Cuba

CUB CU $ Cuban convertible peso (CUC)

Every statistic we track for Cuba — 70 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →

Life expectancy

78.7 yrs

#35 of 186

Liberal democracy

0.06

#161 of 179

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📈 Economy

Extreme Poverty 0% #93/237 2023
GDP per Capita (Long Run) 7,649 #108/165 2022
Total GDP (Long Run) 84,154,971,449 #91/165 2022

👥 Demographics

Fertility Rate (WB) 1.5 #163/217 2024
Gender Inequality Index 0.3 #98/172 2023
Median Age 42.5 #43/235 2026
Population 11.2 #76/229 2013
Population Density 102 #115/235 2026
Refugees by Country of Origin 29,395 #44/195 2025
Urban Population 77.2% #65/213 2024

🌐 Connectivity

Access to Electricity 100% #25/214 2024
Internet Users 70.5% #118/182 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 68.7 #175/209 2022

🫀 Health

Adult Mortality 129.9 #125/185 2021
Adult Obesity 21.8% #100/199 2022
Alcohol Consumption per Capita 5.5 #93/207 2022
Child Mortality (under-5) 0.9% #133/199 2024
Deaths from Cancer 16% #63/185 2021
Deaths from Cardiovascular Disease 29.4% #67/185 2021
Deaths from Communicable Diseases 34.6% #62/185 2021
Deaths from Diabetes 1% #169/185 2021
Deaths from Injuries 4.3% #141/185 2021
Deaths from Interpersonal Violence 0.3% #123/185 2021
Deaths from Neurological Conditions 4.3% #36/185 2021
Deaths from Noncommunicable Diseases 61.1% #104/185 2021
Deaths from Respiratory Disease 4% #61/185 2021
Deaths from Self-harm 0.9% #89/185 2021
Health Spending (QoG) 11.8% #11/189 2022
Hypertension Prevalence 39.9% #80/194 2019
Infant Mortality (QoG) 6.6 #135/191 2023
Life Expectancy 78.7 #35/186 2020
NCD Mortality Rate 469.2 #117/185 2021
Other Pandemic-related Deaths 0% #129/185 2021
Premature NCD Mortality 17.6% #106/185 2021
Suicide Rate 9.2 #79/185 2021
Tobacco Use Prevalence 17.3% #96/167 2022
Universal Health Coverage Index 86 #15/195 2023

🎓 Education

Mean Years of Schooling 11.6 #36/146 2020

🌱 Environment

CO₂ per Capita (WB) 1.9 #116/203 2024
Energy Use per Person 776 #106/149 2023
Environmental Performance Index 52.5 #50/179 2024
Renewable Electricity 4% #167/195 2024

🏛️ Governance

Civil Liberties (V-Dem) 0.3 #153/179 2025
Clean Elections (V-Dem) 0.3 #121/179 2025
Control of Corruption (QoG) -0.2 #93/192 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index 41 #82/179 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) 41 #80/177 2024
Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #148/179 2025
Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) 0.2 #111/179 2025
Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) 0.2 #148/179 2025
Freedom House Status (QoG) 3 #17/193 2024
Freedom in the World Score 12 #175/196 2024
Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) 0.1 #167/179 2025
Gender Equality (V-Dem) 0.7 #107/179 2025
Government Effectiveness (QoG) -0.3 #117/192 2024
Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) 0.1 #161/179 2025
Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #161/179 2025
Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) 0.1 #163/179 2025
Political Corruption (V-Dem) 0.6 #67/179 2025
Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) 25.6 #161/173 2024
Rule of Law (V-Dem) 0.1 #156/179 2025
Voice & Accountability (QoG) -1.3 #164/192 2024

📰 Media & news

Press Freedom Index 29.2 #157/177 2026

🛡️ Safety

Global Peace Index 2.1 #60/160 2025
Homicide Rate 5.9 #77/204 2023
Road Traffic Deaths 5.4 #161/195 2021

⚠️ Risk & resilience

Disaster Exposure (WRI) 3.5 #57/193 2026
INFORM Risk Index 3.5 #103/191 2025
World Risk Index 6.6 #73/193 2026

😊 Wellbeing

Human Development Index 0.8 #97/193 2023

Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.