CubaLatin America & Caribbean
Cuba: 71st largest economy, 138th in military spending
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 72 events in or near Cuba, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Las Tunas, Provincia de Las Tunas, Cuba · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-30 · Assault or killing · Havana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-30 · Assault or killing · Madre Vieja, Granma, Cuba · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-30 · Assault or killing · Madre Vieja, Granma, Cuba · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
What Cuba's officials said lately
Newest first. 26 more by others are about Cuba. The whole record →
- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla · Foreign Minister, Cuba · 28 Oct
“the disrespectful, provocative attitude shown by the [United States] delegation yesterday in this Hall”
- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla · Foreign Minister, Cuba · 28 Oct
“This is the United Nations Organization. Here we stand in the capital of multilateralism.”
- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla · Foreign Minister, Cuba · 28 Oct
“Cuba is not a threat; the blockade is a threat”
- Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla · Foreign Minister, Cuba · 27 Oct
paraphrase Raised a point of order under rule 71 of the Assembly's rules of procedure and asked the Assembly President to call the United States speaker to order for remarks offensive to Cuba and its people.
- Delegate of Cuba · delegate, Cuba · 26 Oct
paraphrase Defended the Conference on Disarmament's established procedures including consensus and called on Member States to show political will to begin substantive negotiations.
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10.9M people, 77% in cities
- Population10.9M2025
- Population growth-0.4%2025
- Urban population77.2%2025
- Land area104k km²2023
A $107B economy, $9.6k per person
- GDP$107B2020
- GDP per person$9.6k2020
- GDP growth-1.1%2024
Fuels are 6% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP42.5%2024
- Imports, share of GDP82.4%2024
- Fuels, share of goods exports5.7%2021
- Exports of goods and services$8.8B2020
- Imports of goods and services$8.1B2020
Fossil fuel output of 46 TWh
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)46 TWh2016
- Primary energy consumption84 TWh2023
- Energy use per person7.6 MWh2023
- Electricity generation19 TWh2024
- Electricity from fossil fuels96.0%2024
Spends $129M on its military, 2.9% of GDP
- Military spending$129M2018
- Military spending, share of GDP2.9%2018
- Armed forces personnel76k2020
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$8M1980
Where these numbers come from
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 1980-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2024
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.