Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Albania, you would:
Health
be 13.4% more likely to be obese
In Albania, 21.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Cuba, that number is 24.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 55.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Albania, 5.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Cuba, that number is 2.6% as of 2017.
Life
be 61.8% less likely to die during infancy
In Albania, approximately 10.8 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 2.4 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Albania, approximately 15.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cuba, 36.0 women do as of 2017.
have 20.3% fewer children
In Albania, there are approximately 12.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Cuba, there are 10.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 3.3 times more on education
Albania spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Cuba spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2010.
spend 2.2 times more on healthcare
Albania spends 5.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2018. In Cuba, that number is 11.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 10.3 times more coastline
Albania has a total of 362 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 Albania? See an in-depth size comparison.