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Cuba vs Ethiopia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cuba has a population of 11M (ranked 86/197), compared with 132M in Ethiopia (ranked 10/197). Cuba's land area is 40,077 sq mi versus 435,716 sq mi for Ethiopia (ranked 103rd vs. 25th).

By GDP, Cuba ranks 69/197 ($107B) and Ethiopia ranks 62/197 ($127B). By GDP per capita, Cuba ranks 87/197 ($9,605), while Ethiopia ranks 176/197 ($1,011).

Main facts and rankings

Cuba Ethiopia
Population
10937204
138227398
Population rank 89/197 10/197
GDP
$107B
2020
$127B
2022
GDP rank 69/197 62/197
GDP per capita
$9,605
2020
$1,011
2022
GDP per capita rank 87/197 176/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$12,300
2016
$3,278
2024
Government debt n/a
$59.5B
2022
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
41.8%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$474
2022
Government debt per person rank n/a 168/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,584
2025
$2,273
2025
Land area
40,077 sq mi
2025
435,716 sq mi
2025
Population density
274 ppl/mi²
2024
303 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.44
2023
3.99
2023
Median age
43.1 years
2024
19.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2025
67.9 years
2025

Cuba and Ethiopia: Comparison Charts

Cuba and Ethiopia economies compared

GDP
Cuba

Ethiopia
Year GDP
Cuba Ethiopia
1960 - $1,610,511,694
1961 - $1,680,859,514
1962 - $1,747,566,307
1963 - $1,825,058,828
1964 - $1,984,129,186
1965 - $2,159,998,591
1966 - $2,324,466,416
1967 - $2,461,762,003
1968 - $2,619,948,865
1969 - $2,768,987,372
1970 $5,693,005,200 $3,045,354,455
1971 $6,914,658,400 $3,224,280,835
1972 $8,135,150,892 $3,520,252,938
1973 $9,987,709,650 $4,070,570,550
1974 $11,405,957,317 $4,577,209,966
1975 $13,027,415,244 $4,577,047,854
1976 $13,789,579,903 $4,943,806,093
1977 $14,206,158,675 $5,651,840,585
1978 $17,844,705,325 $6,014,961,435
1979 $19,584,443,288 $6,586,048,398
1980 $19,912,889,861 $7,012,585,454
1981 $20,150,254,096 $7,507,663,567
1982 $20,953,510,235 $7,899,988,841
1983 $22,204,940,512 $8,781,664,427
1984 $24,039,383,608 $8,298,309,581
1985 $22,920,490,774 $9,717,392,687
1986 $24,226,574,634 $10,094,328,898
1987 $25,213,935,012 $10,790,001,558
1988 $27,458,999,472 $11,181,119,718
1989 $27,023,468,666 $11,762,932,007
1990 $28,645,436,569 $12,478,943,895
1991 $24,316,556,026 $13,799,799,324
1992 $22,085,858,243 $10,754,799,037
1993 $22,367,254,865 $9,051,043,870
1994 $28,448,326,757 $7,100,806,754
1995 $30,429,803,651 $7,855,205,207
1996 $25,017,368,700 $8,761,215,548
1997 $25,365,908,100 $8,803,539,988
1998 $25,736,331,200 $8,013,274,132
1999 $28,364,615,200 $7,892,973,532
2000 $30,565,400,000 $8,242,349,618
2001 $31,682,400,000 $8,231,326,016
2002 $33,590,500,000 $7,850,809,498
2003 $35,901,200,000 $8,623,691,300
2004 $38,203,000,000 $10,131,187,261
2005 $42,643,836,100 $12,401,139,454
2006 $48,835,925,926 $15,280,861,835
2007 $54,262,870,370 $19,707,616,773
2008 $56,302,129,630 $27,066,912,635
2009 $57,481,481,481 $32,437,389,116
2010 $59,562,962,963 $29,933,790,334
2011 $68,990,000,000 $31,952,763,089
2012 $73,141,000,000 $43,310,721,414
2013 $77,148,000,000 $47,648,276,605
2014 $80,656,100,000 $55,612,228,234
2015 $87,132,800,000 $64,589,328,551
2016 $91,370,407,864 $74,296,766,562
2017 $96,850,649,692 $81,770,885,148
2018 $100,050,036,096 $84,269,180,857
2019 $103,427,600,000 $95,912,620,248
2020 $107,351,800,000 $107,657,732,424
2021 - $111,261,888,669
2022 - $126,772,707,851

Cuba and Ethiopia economies compared

GDP per capita
Cuba

Ethiopia
Year GDP per capita
Cuba Ethiopia
1960 - $75.3
1961 - $76.7
1962 - $77.8
1963 - $79.2
1964 - $83.8
1965 - $88.9
1966 - $93.2
1967 - $96.1
1968 - $99.5
1969 - $102.3
1970 $645 $109.4
1971 $770 $112.7
1972 $892 $119.8
1973 $1,079 $134.9
1974 $1,217 $147.9
1975 $1,374 $144.3
1976 $1,441 $152
1977 $1,472 $170.4
1978 $1,837 $178.3
1979 $2,006 $192.4
1980 $2,031 $203.7
1981 $2,046 $212.7
1982 $2,114 $215.3
1983 $2,222 $232.7
1984 $2,386 $214.2
1985 $2,257 $243.9
1986 $2,365 $246
1987 $2,440 $254.1
1988 $2,632 $253.2
1989 $2,566 $256.4
1990 $2,694 $262.1
1991 $2,269 $277.6
1992 $2,048 $207.4
1993 $2,063 $168.5
1994 $2,613 $127.7
1995 $2,785 $136.5
1996 $2,282 $147.3
1997 $2,306 $143.4
1998 $2,332 $126.5
1999 $2,562 $120.7
2000 $2,751 $122.3
2001 $2,843 $118.5
2002 $3,005 $109.6
2003 $3,203 $116.8
2004 $3,399 $133.2
2005 $3,786 $158.2
2006 $4,330 $189.3
2007 $4,807 $237.1
2008 $4,986 $316
2009 $5,089 $369
2010 $5,272 $331
2011 $6,104 $343
2012 $6,471 $452
2013 $6,828 $484
2014 $7,147 $550
2015 $7,728 $622
2016 $8,111 $696
2017 $8,611 $746
2018 $8,911 $748
2019 $9,232 $829
2020 $9,605 $905
2021 - $911
2022 - $1,011

Cuba vs. Ethiopia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cuba

Ethiopia
Year Life expectancy, years
Cuba Ethiopia
1950 59 35.5
1951 59.4 35.9
1952 59.8 36.2
1953 60.2 36.6
1954 60.7 37
1955 61.2 37.3
1956 61.5 37.8
1957 61.9 32.2
1958 62.3 32.6
1959 62.8 39.2
1960 63.3 39.6
1961 63.7 40.2
1962 64.4 40.5
1963 64.3 41
1964 65.3 41.3
1965 65.6 41.4
1966 66.1 39.3
1967 66.5 41.9
1968 66.9 42.1
1969 67.4 42.1
1970 67.9 42.1
1971 68.4 42.2
1972 68.9 41
1973 69.3 41.1
1974 69.9 39.1
1975 70.4 38.9
1976 70.9 41.3
1977 71.4 41.4
1978 71.9 41.5
1979 72.3 42.4
1980 72.6 42.8
1981 73 43.1
1982 73.4 43.4
1983 73.6 36.3
1984 73.6 36.7
1985 73.5 37.7
1986 73.6 38.4
1987 73.6 45.9
1988 73.7 45.7
1989 73.7 45.6
1990 73.8 45.1
1991 73.8 46.7
1992 73.8 47.3
1993 73.9 47.7
1994 74.1 47.9
1995 74.3 48.2
1996 74.7 48.7
1997 75.1 49.2
1998 75.4 49.8
1999 75.7 49.5
2000 75.9 50.9
2001 76.4 51.4
2002 76.8 52.1
2003 77.4 52.9
2004 77.3 53.7
2005 77.5 54.4
2006 77.4 55.4
2007 77.6 56.6
2008 77.6 57.7
2009 77.6 58.7
2010 77.9 59.7
2011 78.1 60.6
2012 78.2 61.4
2013 78 62.2
2014 77.8 62.9
2015 77.7 63.6
2016 77.6 64.2
2017 77.3 64.8
2018 77.4 65.3
2019 77.4 65.7
2020 77.4 66
2021 73.2 65.3
2022 77.6 66.9
2023 78.1 67.3
2024 78.3 67.6
2025 78.4 67.9

Cuba and Ethiopia population clocks and comparison

Population
Cuba

Ethiopia
Year Population
Cuba Ethiopia
1960 7,238,081 21,376,693
1961 7,387,117 21,906,102
1962 7,541,098 22,465,126
1963 7,701,660 23,051,637
1964 7,866,020 23,666,548
1965 8,030,797 24,310,612
1966 8,193,450 24,952,689
1967 8,352,625 25,620,276
1968 8,509,522 26,337,930
1969 8,666,640 27,072,571
1970 8,824,382 27,829,128
1971 8,979,085 28,600,106
1972 9,123,891 29,374,608
1973 9,255,328 30,166,785
1974 9,374,183 30,957,273
1975 9,479,726 31,723,252
1976 9,571,242 32,534,418
1977 9,648,440 33,167,272
1978 9,711,980 33,734,592
1979 9,763,355 34,238,652
1980 9,804,796 34,428,514
1981 9,849,320 35,304,012
1982 9,912,681 36,701,290
1983 9,991,026 37,740,817
1984 10,073,299 38,735,722
1985 10,157,228 39,842,136
1986 10,244,247 41,037,656
1987 10,335,342 42,460,039
1988 10,432,585 44,150,825
1989 10,533,243 45,879,690
1990 10,631,799 47,609,755
1991 10,717,640 49,717,198
1992 10,785,801 51,853,747
1993 10,841,031 53,708,891
1994 10,886,021 55,611,508
1995 10,925,362 57,537,335
1996 10,962,010 59,467,635
1997 10,997,934 61,404,539
1998 11,034,712 63,363,524
1999 11,072,230 65,374,561
2000 11,109,109 67,411,494
2001 11,144,132 69,487,762
2002 11,177,418 71,635,517
2003 11,209,383 73,832,663
2004 11,238,756 76,077,206
2005 11,262,554 78,367,470
2006 11,278,550 80,703,490
2007 11,287,272 83,103,217
2008 11,291,762 85,543,668
2009 11,294,719 88,007,636
2010 11,297,409 90,538,514
2011 11,301,571 93,149,970
2012 11,303,175 95,798,767
2013 11,298,167 98,438,751
2014 11,285,775 101,115,610
2015 11,275,065 103,867,135
2016 11,265,612 106,718,162
2017 11,247,829 109,666,481
2018 11,227,118 112,664,152
2019 11,202,846 115,737,383
2020 11,176,354 118,917,671
2021 11,122,168 122,138,588
2022 11,059,820 125,384,287
2023 11,019,931 128,691,692
2024 10,979,783 132,059,767

Fertility rates in Cuba and Ethiopia

Fertility rate
Cuba

Ethiopia
Year Fertility rate
Cuba Ethiopia
1960 4.13 6.51
1961 4.26 6.53
1962 4.42 6.56
1963 4.56 6.59
1964 4.53 6.61
1965 4.5 6.63
1966 4.4 6.66
1967 4.29 6.68
1968 4.19 6.7
1969 4.12 6.72
1970 3.98 6.78
1971 3.8 6.84
1972 3.61 6.9
1973 3.4 6.96
1974 3.16 7.02
1975 2.82 7.08
1976 2.51 7.13
1977 2.21 7.19
1978 1.88 7.23
1979 1.77 7.25
1980 1.64 7.29
1981 1.59 7.31
1982 1.78 7.34
1983 1.8 7.35
1984 1.77 7.36
1985 1.77 7.34
1986 1.78 7.32
1987 1.8 7.29
1988 1.85 7.26
1989 1.83 7.23
1990 1.81 7.2
1991 1.66 7.16
1992 1.56 7.13
1993 1.49 7.09
1994 1.47 7.05
1995 1.48 7
1996 1.46 6.93
1997 1.59 6.87
1998 1.62 6.79
1999 1.64 6.72
2000 1.61 6.65
2001 1.6 6.58
2002 1.65 6.5
2003 1.63 6.4
2004 1.55 6.3
2005 1.49 6.19
2006 1.4 6.05
2007 1.44 5.89
2008 1.58 5.7
2009 1.68 5.49
2010 1.67 5.28
2011 1.73 5.08
2012 1.67 4.89
2013 1.68 4.71
2014 1.66 4.61
2015 1.69 4.53
2016 1.6 4.47
2017 1.59 4.4
2018 1.61 4.37
2019 1.54 4.35
2020 1.49 4.27
2021 1.43 4.18
2022 1.41 4.08
2023 1.44 3.99

Cuba and Ethiopia demographics compared

Median age
Cuba

Ethiopia
Year Median age, years
Cuba Ethiopia
1960 22.5 18.6
1961 22.5 18.6
1962 22.4 18.6
1963 22.3 18.6
1964 22.2 18.6
1965 22.1 18.6
1966 22 18.5
1967 21.9 18.5
1968 21.9 18.4
1969 21.8 18.3
1970 21.8 18.1
1971 21.9 17.9
1972 21.9 17.7
1973 22.1 17.6
1974 22.2 17.5
1975 22.5 17.3
1976 22.7 17.2
1977 23 17.1
1978 23.4 17
1979 23.7 16.9
1980 24.1 16.8
1981 24.5 16.8
1982 24.8 16.7
1983 25.1 16.7
1984 25.5 16.8
1985 25.9 16.9
1986 26.3 16.9
1987 26.7 16.9
1988 27.1 16.9
1989 27.5 16.9
1990 27.9 16.9
1991 28.3 16.9
1992 28.7 16.9
1993 29.2 16.8
1994 29.7 16.7
1995 30.3 16.6
1996 30.9 16.5
1997 31.4 16.4
1998 32 16.3
1999 32.5 16.2
2000 33.1 16.2
2001 33.6 16.1
2002 34.2 16.1
2003 34.7 16.1
2004 35.2 16.2
2005 35.7 16.2
2006 36.2 16.3
2007 36.8 16.4
2008 37.3 16.5
2009 37.7 16.7
2010 38.2 16.9
2011 38.6 17.1
2012 39.1 17.4
2013 39.7 17.6
2014 40.2 17.9
2015 40.6 18.1
2016 40.9 18.3
2017 41.3 18.6
2018 41.6 18.8
2019 41.9 19
2020 42.1 19.2
2021 42.3 19.4
2022 42.5 19.6
2023 42.8 19.7
2024 43.1 19.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cuba Ethiopia
GNI, Atlas method
$101B
2019
$126B
2022
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49%
2025
11.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
8.44%
2022
2.3%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.88%
2018
0.79%
2023
Armed forces personnel
76,000
2020
138,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-1.7%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.7%
2018
3.94%
2021
Services, % of GDP
70%
2023
37.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
27.5%
2023
25.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
25.4
2025
48.1
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
24.8%
2021
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
3.5%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$144M
1960
$3.78B
2024
Personal remittances received n/a
$490M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,086,000
2020
518,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports n/a
29.6%
2020
Banked people share n/a
48.8%
2024

Energy

Cuba Ethiopia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
816 kg
2022
378 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$7.53
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
22.1 megatons
2023
16.7 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2 tons
2023
0.13 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
88.1%
2022
9.69%
2022
Renewable energy use share
20.9%
2021
90.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.34%
2022
3.15%
2022
Net energy imports use share
62.8%
2022
10.8%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
1,102 kWh
2022
92.4 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
5.19%
2021
95.4%
2020
Hydroelectric share
0.77%
2022
96.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
55.4%
2023

Society

Cuba Ethiopia
% of world population
0.13%
2024
1.62%
2024
Annual migration change
-22,356
2024
+30,069
2024
Urban population
77.7%
2024
23.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.7 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.25 ft
2025
5.16 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.4
2025
23.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
41
2024
37
2024
Higher education index
52
2025
56
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.42
2019
8.63
2012
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.9
2019
28.2
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
56
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.7%
2021
60.5%
2022
English speaking
6%
2025
0.22%
2025
People using the Internet
71.3%
2023
16.7%
2021

Health

Cuba Ethiopia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,199
2020
$27.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$107
2020
$12.1
2022
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2025
67.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.03%
2022
25.3%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
9.43
2021
0.11
2022
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.3 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
195
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.3
2023
46.5
2023
Obesity rate
22.6%
2022
2.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.4%
2024
4.4%
2024
Air quality index
90
2025
31
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
17.4%
2022
5.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.38 liters
2020
3.06 liters
2020

Territory

Cuba Ethiopia
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.76%
2025
Land area per capita
3,650 sq mi
2024
3,299 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
24,714 sq mi
2025
148,483 sq mi
2025
Forest area
12,517 sq mi
2025
65,056 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
74,671 mi
2018

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