Social Development in Cuba

141 indicators covering social development for Cuba.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index -5 2018 up 28.6% 145th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 288,050 2025 up 12,141.8% 4th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0263 units per person 2025 up 12,520.0% 4th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 up 688.4% 38th
Political Rights Score 0 2025 down 100.0% 185th
Freedom Score 9 2025 down 40.0% 181st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 40 2025 up 73.9% 142nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 79.3% 153rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2020 down 49.6% 158th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -16.3 % change on previous year 2025 down 155.0% 72nd
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 5 2018 up 66.7% 145th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -2.44 % change on previous year 2025 down 100.9% 97th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.678 2025 down 11.9% 79th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.512 2025 down 15.7% 121st
Political Corruption Index 0.641 2025 up 4.7% 66th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.641 2025 up 4.7% 66th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.8 2024 up 2.4% 88th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 3.18 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29,455.9% 3rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0002 units per square kilometre 2023 147th
LGBT+ Rights Index 2.94 2019 up 51.6% 72nd
Forcibly displaced people 155 2025 down 52.0% 158th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 0 2016 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 116th
Age of electoral democracy 12 years 1951 up 500.0% 117th
Corruption Perceptions Index 41 2024 down 10.9% 81st
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 5.53 2024 down 6.1% 91st
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.04 2024 down 7.4% 84th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.51 2024 down 2.2% 16th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0276 2024 down 23.5% 132nd
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 43.4% 2024 up 7.8% 79th
Homicide rate 4.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2019 down 10.8% 67th
Homicides 500 homicides 2019 down 11.5% 58th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 4.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2019 down 10.8% 67th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 4.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2019 down 10.8% 67th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Homicides 567 deaths 2021 up 6.2% 22nd
Child homicide rate 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.4% 31st
Homicide rate 5.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.4% 26th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 5.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.4% 26th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 566.26 deaths 2021 up 2.1% 79th
Homicide rate 5.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.4% 90th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 5.01 2021 up 2.2% 86th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 1.26 million 2030 down 31.1% 73rd
States involved in wars 0 2011 down 100.0% 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 6.28 2030 up 13.9% 80th
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 1989 31st
Freedom of Association Score 2 2025 down 33.3% 97th
Freedom of Expression Score 2 2025 down 33.3% 98th
Civil Rights Score 3 2025 down 25.0% 82nd
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 12.9% 2030 down 30.6% 108th
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 1.26 million 2030 down 31.1% 77th