Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Colombia instead of Cuba, you would:
Health
live 4.8 years less
In Cuba, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Colombia, that number is 75 years (71 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 4.0 times more likely to be unemployed
In Cuba, 2.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Colombia, that number is 10.5% as of 2019.
Life
have 50.4% more children
In Cuba, there are approximately 10.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Colombia, there are 15.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Cuba, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Colombia, 83.0 women do as of 2017.
be 2.8 times more likely to die during infancy
In Cuba, approximately 4.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Colombia, on the other hand, 11.7 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 64.8% less on education
Cuba spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2010. Colombia spends 4.5% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 31.9% less on healthcare
Cuba spends 11.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Colombia, that number is 7.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 14.1% less coastline
Cuba has a total of 3,735 km of coastline. In Colombia, that number is 3,208 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Colombia: At a glance
How big is Colombia compared to Cuba? See an in-depth size comparison.