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Cuba

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Cuba

Basic data — Cuba, Americas.

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Data refreshed on 2026.05.10 · source: Wikidata

Composite reading — institute

Risque élevé

6.2 /10 risk

  • Security 2.5
  • Legitimacy 2.5
  • Economy 4.0
  • Diplomacy 4.5
  • Influence 0.7

Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.

State under international sanctions

  • États-Unis CUBA — embargo 1962 · since 1962 comprehensive
Capital
Havana
Population
9,748,007 inh.
Area
109,884 km²
Currency
CUC
Regime
unitary state

Executive in office

Miguel Díaz-Canel

Head of State

Miguel Díaz-Canel

since 2018.04.19 Parti communiste de Cuba

Manuel Marrero Cruz

Head of Government

Manuel Marrero Cruz

since 2019.12.21 Parti communiste de Cuba

Economic indicators World Bank · 2025

GDP

107 G$

2020 ↑ +3.8 % vs 2019

GDP / capita

9,605 $

2020 ↑ +4.0 % vs 2019

Growth

-1.1 %

2024 ↑ +0.9 pt vs 2023

Unemployment

1.7 %

2025 ↓ -0.0 pt vs 2024

Defense / GDP

2.9 %

2018

Life expectancy

78.3 yrs

2024 ↑ +0.2 % vs 2023

Strategic chokepoints 1 control point(s)

  • borde Détroit de Floride Avec États-Unis · 145 km

Governance indices V-Dem · Freedom House · CPI · RSF · 2024

Democracy (V-Dem)

0.13/1

#155 autocratie fermée

Freedoms (Freedom House)

12/100

Not Free

Corruption (CPI)

41/100

#832024

Press freedom (RSF)

34/100

#1682024

Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales

  • #5 Cobalt 2024
  • #7 Nickel 2024

Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023

Exports

2 Md$

Imports

8 Md$

Balance

-6 Md$

Top exports

  • Tabac + cigares
  • Sucre
  • Nickel + cobalt

Top imports

  • Pétrole raffiné
  • Aliments transformés

Export partners

Import partners

Embargo US 1962. Économie partiellement dollarisée.

Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten

Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.

  • USA 14%
  • GBR 14%
  • FRA 18%
  • DEU 18%
  • RUS 80%
  • CHN 84%
  • IRN 76%

Abstention: 8%

Key treaties UN Treaty Collection · IAEA · ICRC · OPCW

  • NPT

    1968 Ratified

  • CTBT

    1996 Ratified

  • TPNW

    2017 Ratified

  • Rome Statute

    1998 Not party

  • Genocide

    1948 Ratified

  • Geneva

    1949 Ratified

  • Ottawa Mine Ban

    1997 Not party

  • Oslo Cluster Munitions

    2008 Ratified

  • Arms Trade Treaty

    2013 Not party

  • Paris Agreement

    2015 Ratified

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