Health in Cuba

315 indicators covering health for Cuba.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 80 and above, female 273,769 2025 up 29.0% 49th
Population ages 80 and above, male 189,971 2025 up 15.2% 46th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 9.8% 2024 up 11.4% 32nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 11.2% 2024 up 12.0% 32nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 10.6% 2024 up 12.8% 31st
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 6.6% 2024 up 1.5% 111th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 8.0% 2024 up 1.3% 109th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 7.3% 2024 up 1.4% 110th
Hospital beds 4.33 per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.2% 32nd
Tuberculosis death rate 0.66 per 100,000 people 2024 up 94.1% 139th
Incidence of tuberculosis 11 per 100,000 people 2024 up 37.5% 144th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 96.1% 2024 up 0.1% 118th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 95.0% 2024 up 5.8% 89th
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.1% 2024 down 73.5% 81st
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 91.9% 2024 up 7.3% 93rd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 93.9% 2024 up 12.4% 64th
People using at least basic drinking water services 95.1% 2024 up 1.7% 131st
People practicing open defecation, rural 0.5% 2024 down 74.5% 84th
People using at least basic sanitation services 94.8% 2024 up 7.3% 103rd
Tuberculosis case detection rate 84.0% 2024 up 3.7% 63rd
People practicing open defecation 0.2% 2024 down 74.6% 101st
Current health expenditure 9.4% 2023 down 10.0% 38th
Current health expenditure per capita 1,199 current US$ 2020 up 97.1% 58th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 16.6% 2023 up 35.1% 138th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 106.98 current US$ 2020 up 91.5% 101st
Domestic general government health expenditure 83.4% 2023 down 4.8% 15th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 2,148 current international $ 2023 up 12.3% 45th
Domestic private health expenditure 16.6% 2023 up 35.1% 164th
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 2,575 current international $ 2023 up 18.0% 53rd
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 106.98 current US$ 2020 up 91.5% 112th
People using safely managed sanitation services 45.9% 2024 up 13.1% 91st
Immunization, Hib3 99.0% 2024 up 2.1% 1st
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births 2024 up 41.0% 136th
Reported cases of measles 0 Cases 2024 146th
Child mortality by income level of country 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births 2024 up 41.0% 136th
Number of infant deaths 648 2024 up 8.9% 116th
Number of under-five deaths 823 2024 up 8.1% 116th
Number of neonatal deaths 403 2024 up 27.5% 117th
Child mortality vs. health spending 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births 2024 up 41.0% 136th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 99.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Adolescent fertility rate 48.24 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 2.3% 72nd
Sex ratio at birth 1.07 male births per female births 2024 down 0.3% 22nd
Domestic general government health expenditure 20.0% 2023 up 41.3% 10th
External health expenditure 0.0% 2023 down 80.7% 137th
External health expenditure per capita 0.6674 current US$ 2020 up 178.4% 132nd
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 0.6005 current international $ 2023 down 77.3% 135th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 22.2% 2023 up 15.0% 123rd
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 22.1% 2023 up 15.7% 123rd
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 26.7% 2023 up 4.3% 106th
Stillbirth rate 9 per 1,000 total births 2023 up 42.9% 86th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 3,600 2024 up 38.5% 78th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 78.08 years 2023 up 0.1% 74th
Prevalence of undernourishment 2.5% 2006 unchanged 106th
Immunization, measles second dose 99.0% 2024 up 1.0% 1st
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 68.0% 2024 up 54.5% 82nd
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 88.0% 2023 up 4.8% 67th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 39.5% 2019 up 5.1% 85th
Prevalence of hypertension, male 40.3% 2019 up 1.8% 66th
Prevalence of hypertension 39.9% 2019 up 3.4% 79th
Treatment for hypertension, female 68.6% 2019 up 1.5% 13th