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Cuba GDP and Economic Data

Country Report 2017 - Includes Cuba real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Cuba economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Cuba best banks and safest banks are also available.

 
 
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Central bank

Central Bank of Cuba

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International Reserves

N/A

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Gross Domestic Product - GDP

N/A

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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

N/A

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Real GDP growth
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018    
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A    

*Estimate

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GDP per capita - current prices

N/A

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GDP per capita - PPP

N/A

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GDP (PPP) - share of world total
1980 1990 2000 2010 2018
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

 

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GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 3.8% 
  • industry: 24.4% 
  • services: 70.8%

(2017 estimate)

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Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

N/A

 

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Inflation
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*Estimate

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Unemployment rate
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*Estimate

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Household saving rates

N/A

 

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Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*Estimate

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Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*Estimate

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Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's: Caa2

Standard & Poor's / Moody's 

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Market value of publicly traded shares
2016 2017 2018
N/A N/A N/A
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Largest companies

N/A

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Current account balance

N/A

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Current account balance by percentage of GDP

N/A

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Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

24.1% (2013)

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Shares in world total merchandising export

0.03% (2015)​

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Shares in world total commercial services export

0.2% (2015)

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Total exports

USD 3.4 billion (2016 estimate)

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Export commodities

Petroleum, nickel, medical products, sugar, tobacco, fish, citrus, coffee

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Total imports

USD 12.3 billion (2016 estimate)

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Import commodities

Petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals

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Exports - major partners

Canada 17.7%, Venezuela 13.8%, China 13%, Netherlands 6.4%, Spain 5.4%, Belize 4.7% (2015)

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Imports - major partners

Venezuela 31.8%, China 17.6%, Spain 10%, Brazil 4.8% (2015)

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FDI inflows
2013 2014 2015
N/A N/A N/A
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FDI outflows
2013 2014 2015
N/A N/A N/A
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Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2012 2013 2014 2015
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

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Best countries for doing business

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Global competitiveness ranking

N/A

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Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 177 / Score: 29.79 (Repressed) (2017)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)

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Time zone

UTC-5

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Total area

110,860 sq km

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Capital

Havana

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Currency

Cuban pesos (CUP)

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Government type

Communist state

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Languages

Spanish (official)

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Religions

Nominally Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Santeria

Note: prior to CASTRO assuming power

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Total population
1980 1990 2000 2016* 2021*
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*Estimate   

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Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2015
58% 68% 75% 77%
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Population median age

41.1 years (2016 estimate)

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Population growth rate

-0.3% (2016 estimate)

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Life expectancy

78.7 years (2016 estimate)

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Literacy

Total population: 99.8%
Male: 99.9%
Female: 99.8% (2015 est.)

(age 15 and over can read and write) 

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% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

N/A

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Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

N/A

 

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Freedom House rating

Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2017)                         

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)

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Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed 11.52%   Mobile 29.65% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

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Internet users as % of total population

37.31% (2015)

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Mercer Cost of living index

Havana: 170th (2016)

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CO2 emissions

3.5 (2013)

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World's Best Subcustodian Banks

2010

World's Biggest Banks

2010
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