GENERAL PROFILE: CUBA
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2015
Population
Exchange rate
GDP
11.390 Millions
0.999 CUP/US$
87 206 Millions current US$
Land area ¹
CPI growth
GDP growth
(m) 106 449 km²
4.61 %
4.44 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Merchandise exports
2 319
4 914
4 857
3 350
Merchandise imports
8 084
11 496
13 037
11 702
-5 766
-6 583
-8 180
-8 352
Merchandise trade balance
-31.0 %
Merchandise exports
growth rate in 2015
Export structure by product group in 2015
Top 5 partners in 2015
(as % of total exports)
(exports, millions of US$)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE INDICES
Total trade in services ²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Services exports
7 075
10 546
12 663
(e) 10 551
Services imports
1 015
1 923
2 074
(e) 2 125
Services trade balance
6 059
8 624
10 589
(e) 8 425
2005
2010
2014
2015
-
-
-
-
32.8
20.7
18.7
(e) 24.8
-
-
-
-
Services exports by main category ²
(as % of total services)
Transport
Travel
Other services
ECONOMIC TRENDS
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2014
2015
42 644
64 328
80 656
87 206
GDP per capita, current US$
3 787
5 689
7 088
7 657
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
11.20
2.39
1.05
4.44
GDP, current
Current account balance, % of GDP
Exchange rate (/US$)
GDP by expenditure in 2014
(as % of total GDP)
0.92
2.32
1.82
1.32
1.000
1.000
1.000
0.999
+4.4 %
Gross domestic product
growth rate in 2015
CUBA
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2014
2015
FDI inflows
..
..
..
..
FDI outflows
..
..
..
..
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
..
..
..
..
FDI outflows as % of GDP
in 2015
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
LABOUR FORCE
Trade balance indicators ²
Labour force by gender in 2015
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Balance, % of GDP
2.89
5.24
4.77
(e) 3.03
Balance, % of imports
14.58
27.35
28.47
(e) 21.71
Normalized balance
0.068
0.120
0.125
(e) 0.098
(as % of total labour force, all sectors)
Trade openness ²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
OTHER INDICATORS
Maritime transport indicators
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum 2004 = 100 for China)
Container port throughput (TEU)
2005
2010
2014
2015
176
49
23
23
6.51
6.57
5.85
5.80
..
228 346
300 836
(e) 300 836
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2014
2015
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.86
..
..
..
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
2.64
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
0.001 %
Share of the total world
merchant fleet in 2015
CUBA
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
2
e
m
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area
under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
Estimated.
Estimated. Data refers to 2013.
Symbols for missing values:
0
..
_
...
#
***
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
Not available or not separately reported
Not applicable
Not available, including no quotation
Non-relevant calculation
Not publishable
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
FDI:
GDP:
ICT:
TEU:
US$:
Dead weight tons
Foreign direct investment
Gross domestic product
Information and communication technology
Twenty foot equivalent unit
United States dollar
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Generation date: 06 June 2017