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Cuba

CU

Havana · pop. 10M · Spanish · Cuban convertible peso

Trajectories

economic complexity

#120

Slipping in export sophistication, from #86 in 1995.

2024 · −1.05

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers30
whenvaluechange
1995−0.26
1996−0.64−0.38 pts
1997−0.45+0.19 pts
1998−0.54−0.09 pts
19990.04+0.58 pts
2000−0.47−0.51 pts
2001−0.30+0.17 pts
2002−0.26+0.04 pts
2003−0.260 pts
2004−0.18+0.08 pts
2005−0.00+0.18 pts
2006high0.13+0.13 pts
2007−0.65−0.78 pts
2008−0.44+0.21 pts
2009−0.18+0.27 pts
2010−0.39−0.22 pts
2011−0.28+0.11 pts
2012−0.12+0.17 pts
2013−0.23−0.11 pts
2014−0.80−0.57 pts
2015−0.83−0.03 pts
2016−0.32+0.51 pts
2017−0.57−0.25 pts
2018−0.89−0.32 pts
2019−0.55+0.34 pts
2020−1.03−0.48 pts
2021−0.78+0.26 pts
2022−0.73+0.05 pts
2023low−1.34−0.61 pts
2024latest−1.05+0.29 pts

economic momentum

$9,605

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2020, in current US dollars.

2020 · $9,605

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$2,694
1991$2,269−15.8%
1992low$2,048−9.7%
1993$2,063+0.8%
1994$2,613+26.7%
1995$2,785+6.6%
1996$2,282−18.1%
1997$2,306+1.1%
1998$2,332+1.1%
1999$2,562+9.8%
2000$2,751+7.4%
2001$2,843+3.3%
2002$3,005+5.7%
2003$3,203+6.6%
2004$3,399+6.1%
2005$3,786+11.4%
2006$4,330+14.4%
2007$4,807+11.0%
2008$4,986+3.7%
2009$5,089+2.1%
2010$5,272+3.6%
2011$6,104+15.8%
2012$6,471+6.0%
2013$6,828+5.5%
2014$7,147+4.7%
2015$7,728+8.1%
2016$8,111+5.0%
2017$8,611+6.2%
2018$8,911+3.5%
2019$9,232+3.6%
2020latest$9,605+4.0%

demographic curve

1.4 children per woman

Far below replacement: rapid ageing ahead.

2024 · 1.4

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19604.1
19614.3+3.3%
19624.4+3.7%
1963high4.6+3.1%
19644.5−0.7%
19654.5−0.5%
19664.4−2.4%
19674.3−2.4%
19684.2−2.3%
19694.1−1.7%
19704.0−3.5%
19713.8−4.6%
19723.6−4.9%
19733.4−5.8%
19743.2−7.0%
19752.8−10.7%
19762.5−11.3%
19772.2−11.9%
19781.9−14.7%
19791.8−6.0%
19801.6−7.6%
19811.6−2.8%
19821.8+11.6%
19831.8+1.4%
19841.8−1.5%
19851.8−0.1%
19861.8+0.4%
19871.8+1.2%
19881.9+2.9%
19891.8−1.1%
19901.8−1.4%
19911.7−7.9%
19921.6−6.1%
19931.5−4.7%
19941.5−1.5%
19951.5+1.0%
19961.5−1.6%
19971.6+9.1%
19981.6+1.7%
19991.6+1.4%
20001.6−2.0%
20011.6−0.8%
20021.6+3.1%
20031.6−1.1%
20041.5−5.0%
20051.5−3.9%
2006low1.4−5.7%
20071.4+2.4%
20081.6+9.7%
20091.7+6.5%
20101.7−0.3%
20111.7+3.6%
20121.7−3.8%
20131.7+0.6%
20141.7−1.4%
20151.7+1.8%
20161.6−5.0%
20171.6−0.9%
20181.6+1.4%
20191.5−4.2%
20201.5−3.3%
20211.4−4.2%
20221.4−1.1%
20231.4+1.9%
2024latest1.4+0.4%

Metrics

  1. population
    10M
    92 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $107B
    66 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $9,605
    69 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. area
    110K km²
    108 of 176
    REST Countries
  5. population density
    90.9 /km²
    72 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  6. life expectancy
    78.1 yr
    44 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  7. internet access
    71%
    103 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  8. co₂ per capita
    1.9 t
    96 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  9. urbanisation
    77%
    45 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  10. fertility rate
    1.4
    132 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  11. foreign-born share
    0.0%
    167 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. r&d % of gdp
    0.4%
    64 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  13. researchers per million
    2,171
    39 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  14. scientific articles / yr
    1.2K
    81 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  15. high-tech exports %
    8%
    67 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  16. youth unemployment
    4%
    13 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  17. adult literacy
    98%
    19 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  18. democracy (v-dem)
    0.06
    144 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  19. clean government
    41
    69 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  20. press freedom
    63.9
    154 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  21. human development
    0.762
    80 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  22. refugees hosted
    130
    133 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  23. refugees produced
    24K
    38 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data