Cuba — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Cuba, 1970–2020.
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%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 27 of 40 economies; Colombia (8,562) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 27% in 1994. That is 26% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1975; grown tenfold by 2012. Doubling roughly every 13 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 59th of 146 in 1970 → 69th of 163 in 1980 → 75th of 192 in 1990 → 91st of 204 in 2000 → 111th of 212 in 2010 → 85th of 210 in 2020.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2020
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9,605.28 | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 9,232.26 | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 8,911.46 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 8,610.61 | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 8,110.56 | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 7,727.92 | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 7,146.7 | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 6,828.36 | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 6,470.84 | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 6,104.46 | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 5,272.27 | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 5,089.24 | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 4,986.12 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 4,807.44 | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 4,329.98 | +14.4% |
| 2005 | 3,786.34 | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 3,399.22 | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 3,202.78 | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 3,005.21 | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 2,842.97 | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 2,751.38 | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 2,561.78 | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 2,332.31 | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 2,306.42 | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 2,282.19 | -18.1% |
| 1995 | 2,785.24 | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 2,613.29 | +26.7% |
| 1993 | 2,063.2 | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 2,047.68 | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 2,268.83 | -15.8% |
| 1990 | 2,694.32 | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 2,565.54 | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 2,632.04 | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 2,439.58 | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 2,364.9 | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 2,256.57 | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 2,386.45 | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 2,222.49 | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 2,113.81 | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 2,045.85 | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 2,030.93 | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 2,005.91 | +9.2% |
| 1978 | 1,837.39 | +24.8% |
| 1977 | 1,472.38 | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 1,440.73 | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 1,374.24 | +12.9% |
| 1974 | 1,216.74 | +12.8% |
| 1973 | 1,079.13 | +21.0% |
| 1972 | 891.63 | +15.8% |
| 1971 | 770.08 | +19.4% |
| 1970 | 645.14 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cuba’s GDP per capita in 1971?
770.08 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Cuba’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Cuba’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2020 the series was growing overall: +1388.9% in total — about 5.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2020: 9,605.28; 2019: 9,232.26; 2018: 8,911.46; 2017: 8,610.61; 2016: 8,110.56. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.