Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Costa Rica, you would:
Economy
be 67.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Costa Rica, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Cuba, that number is 2.6% as of 2017.
make 37.6% less money
Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $19,700 as of 2020, while in Cuba, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2016.
Life
be 50.8% less likely to die during infancy
In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Cuba, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2022.
be 33.3% more likely to die during childbirth
In Costa Rica, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cuba, 36.0 women do as of 2017.
have 29.2% fewer children
In Costa Rica, there are approximately 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Cuba, there are 10.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 91.0% more on education
Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cuba spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2010.
spend 54.8% more on healthcare
Costa Rica spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Cuba, that number is 11.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 2.9 times more coastline
Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Cuba, that number is 3,735 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Cuba: At a glance
How big is Cuba compared to Costa Rica? See an in-depth size comparison.