International Rankings of Cuba 2024, 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	52	2.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	117	231654	2020
Internet users - percent of population	46	71.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	77	7.810 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	45	14.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	61	1.574 million	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	85	63.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	111	7.103 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	55	64.640 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	55	54.520 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	106	10.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	53	985.400 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	85	30.060 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	138	1.00	N/A
Exports	149	2.630 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	69	93.790 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	166	14.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	11	31.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	124	57.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	7	12.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	136	9.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	114	4.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	105	22.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	48	73.40 % of GDP	2017
Imports	109	11.060 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	182	6.75 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	59	5.50 %	2017
Labor force	84	5.135 million US Dollars	2021
Public debt	109	47.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	82	137.000 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP growth rate	161	1.25 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	110	12300 US Dollars	2016
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	78	11.350 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	4	58.10 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	187	2.76 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	136	7.00 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	128	7.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	132	7.40 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	121	28000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	95	1.814 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	79	14.636 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	95	16.478 million	2019
Coal - consumption	119	4000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	109	4000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	79	16.097 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	75	7.479 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	60	3.429 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	34	2.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	24	95.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	129	0.30 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	55	1.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	72	0.10 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	119	32.785 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	94	976.023 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	68	976.023 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	56	70.792 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	55	48500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	60	124.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	64	164100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	62	38400 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	71	24190 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	80	52750 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	69	104100 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	73	28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	95	9 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	121	13 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	37	60	2018
Land use - arable land	24	34	2018
Land use - forest	107	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	53	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	69	23	2018
Total renewable water resources	101	38.120 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	53	4.520 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	55	740.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	39	1.700 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	158	0.19	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	53	78	2023
Geography
Area - land	102	109820 sq km	N/A
Area - total	108	110860 sq km	N/A
Area - water	109	1040 sq km	N/A
Coastline	34	3735 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	103	1974 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	139	108 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	48	8700 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	158	29 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	37	60	2018
Land use - arable land	24	34	2018
Land use - forest	107	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	53	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	69	23	2018
Population Density	115	100.04 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	13	4 % of GDP	2020
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	85	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	32	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	78	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	133	10.00 births/1,000 population	2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18	14	6	2019
Child marriage - women married by age 15	31	5	N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18	23	29	N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	75	2 %	2019
Contraceptive prevalence rate	29	69.00 %	2019
Current health expenditure	8	13 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	73	58 %	2023
Death rate	34	9.40 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	50	22.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	111	4.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	140	45.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	160	23.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	12	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	90	3 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	89	2 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	1 % of population	N/A
Gross reproduction rate	87	0.83 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	153	3.50 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	146	4.60 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	149	4.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	35	82 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	39	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	33	80 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	4	100 %	2021
Literacy - male	5	100 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	4	100 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	91	39.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	31	44 years	N/A
Median age - male	34	41 years	N/A
Median age - total	29	42 years	2023
Net migration rate	82	2.50 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	48	24.60 %	2016
Physicians density	1	8.42 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	85	10.986 million	2023
Population growth rate	159	0.19 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	36	95 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	80	13 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	82	7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	59	5 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	23	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	42	0.71 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	115	1.71 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	158	0.19	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	53	78	2023
Transportation
Airports	43	123	2024
Heliports	62	4	2024
Merchant marine - total	101	65	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	79	17.760 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	112	560754	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	84	18.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - narrow gauge	52	172	2017
Railways - total	18	8367 km	2017
Roadways - paved	34	20000 km	2001
Roadways - total	50	60000 km	2015
Waterways	94	240 km	2011

*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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