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Cuba — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Cuba, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
52.25%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · broadly flat since 1990
Labor participation for Cuba was 52.25% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 55.58% in 2016. The lowest was 52.20% in 1993 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.00% per year.
Cuba ranks 150 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Cuba sits below it. It peaked in 2016 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
52.25%
First (1990)
52.23%
Change
+0.0%
Highest
55.58%
in 2016
Lowest
52.20%
in 1993
Average
53.82%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.00%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.25% |
| 2024 | 52.64% |
| 2023 | 53.17% |
| 2022 | 53.67% |
| 2021 | 52.79% |
| 2020 | 52.55% |
| 2019 | 55.28% |
| 2018 | 55.46% |
| 2017 | 55.56% |
| 2016 | 55.58% |
| 2015 | 55.55% |
| 2014 | 55.4% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. 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
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.