International Rankings of Cuba 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Cuba, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Cuba, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	140	1.651	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	116	182732	0
Internet users - percent of population	122	57.15 %	2018
Internet users - total	77	6.353 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	113	13.05	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	68	1.447 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	190	54.5	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	115	6.043 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	50	64.640 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	50	54.520 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	106	10.8 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	68	93.790 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	162	14.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	11	31.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	122	57 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	7	12.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	133	9.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	114	4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	104	22.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	44	73.4 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	90	1.2 %	2017
Labor force	84	4.691 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	75	18 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	107	10 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	42	72 %	2016
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	78	137.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP per capita	105	12300 US Dollars	2016
Taxes and other revenues	8	58.1 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	79	26.940 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	41	112400	2015
Crude oil - production	52	50000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	62	124.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	76	16.160 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	10	91	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	68	1	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	33	8	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	75	6.998 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	76	19.280 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	86	1.189 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	63	1.189 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	56	70.790 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	61	175000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	69	24190 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	79	52750 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	67	104100 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	73	28.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	95	9.3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	103	18.37 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	37	60.3	2018
Land use - arable land	24	33.8	2018
Land use - forest	105	27.3	2018
Land use - other	149	12.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	53	3.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	67	22.9	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	89	0.06 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	97	38.120 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	55	4.519 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	60	740.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	37	1.700 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	155	0.19	2025
Urbanization - urban population	54	77.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	64	2.693 million tons	2007
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	67	255536 tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	60	9.5 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	101	109820 sq km	0
Area - total	105	110860 sq km	0
Area - water	60	1.040 million sq km	0
Coastline	33	3735 km	0
Elevation - highest point	96	1974 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	137	108 meters	0
Irrigated land	47	8700 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	151	28.5 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	37	60.3	2018
Land use - arable land	24	33.8	2018
Land use - forest	105	27.3	2018
Land use - other	149	12.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	53	3.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	67	22.9	2018
Total renewable water resources	96	38.120 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	154	11.81 %	7384
Age structure - 25-54 years	74	41.95 %	3793
Age structure - 55-64 years	23	14.11 %	9734
Birth rate	172	10.25 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	32	69 %	2019
Current Health Expenditure	10	11.2 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	48	9.22 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	39	23.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	103	4.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	121	46.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	148	23.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	16	98.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	83	5.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	82	2.6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	54	1.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	1	12.8 % of GDP	2010
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	34	0.4	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	55	33000	2020
Hospital bed density	22	5.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	177	3.63 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	174	4.72 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	177	4.19 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	46	81.92 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	46	77.04 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	51	79.41 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	88	36	2017
Median age - female	28	43.8 years	2020
Median age - male	29	40.2 years	0
Median age - total	25	42.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	146	3.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	48	24.6 %	2016
Physicians density	1	8.42 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	82	11.032 million	2021
Population growth rate	153	0.23 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	32	96.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	100	5.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	86	4.2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	75	3.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	8	14 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	16	1.08	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	27	0.95	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	28	0.83 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	112	1.71 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	128	5.6	2010
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	111	6.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	123	6.1	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	156	0.19	2025
Urbanization - urban population	54	77.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	41	133	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	16	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	29	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	20	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	34	64	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	13	27	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	47	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	44	69	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	32	58	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	78	17.760 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	110	560754	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	84	18	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	25	8367 km	2017
Roadways - paved	53	20000 km	2001
Roadways - total	63	60000 km	2015
Waterways	81	240 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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