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Cuba

Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income · capital Havana

Reports 16 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

78.3years

Ranks 66 of 217 in 2024

5% above world median · 3% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

8.6per 1,000 live births

Ranks 62 of 196 in 2024

42% below world median · 34% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

35per 100,000 live births

Ranks 83 of 194 in 2023

26% below world median · 36% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2019 · 7 years old

7.1% of under-5s

Ranks 10 of 46 in 2019

53% below world median · 37% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 46 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

9.38% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

48% above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.45births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

24% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2019 · 7 years old

97.7% of adults 15+

Ranks 14 of 56 in 2019

5% above world median · 3% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 56 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

98.1% gross

Ranks 77 of 134 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

8.44% of GDP

Ranks 6 of 164 in 2022

1.1× above world median · 1.1× above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2020 · 6 years old

9,605current US$

Ranks 85 of 210 in 2020

49% above world median · 13% above Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 210 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

1.7% of labour force

Ranks 15 of 182 in 2025

66% below world median · 71% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2018 · 8 years old

2.88% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

1.1× above world median

Medians computed across 154 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

70.5% of population

Ranks 118 of 182 in 2024

14% below world median · 11% below Latin America & Caribbean

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

1.91t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

25% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

10.9mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

67% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Cuba has no figure in this dataset for GDP per capita (PPP), Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Inflation, Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

Cuba — World Pulse