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Cuba — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Cuba, 1970–2020.
Latest value · 2020
9,605
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +1388.9% since 1970
GDP per capita for Cuba was 9,605 in 2020, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 51 years, from 1970 to 2020. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 645 in 1970 (about 14.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.55% per year.
Cuba ranks 106 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so Cuba sits below it. Over the last decade (2010–2020) the figure moved up 82%.
Key figures
Latest (2020)
9,605
First (1970)
645
Change
+1388.9%
Highest
9,605
in 2020
Lowest
645
in 1970
Average
3,568
Annual growth (CAGR)
5.55%
Years of data
51
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 9,605.28 |
| 2019 | 9,232.26 |
| 2018 | 8,911.46 |
| 2017 | 8,610.61 |
| 2016 | 8,110.56 |
| 2015 | 7,727.92 |
| 2014 | 7,146.7 |
| 2013 | 6,828.36 |
| 2012 | 6,470.84 |
| 2011 | 6,104.46 |
| 2010 | 5,272.27 |
| 2009 | 5,089.24 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.