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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 old78.3years
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 old8.6per 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 old35per 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 old7.1% 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 old9.38% 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 old1.45births 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 old97.7% 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 old98.1% 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 old8.44% 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 old9,605current 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 old1.7% 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 old2.88% 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 old100.0% 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 old70.5% 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 old1.91t 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 old10.9mpeople
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.