Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in California instead of Cuba, you would:

Health

be 23.6% more likely to be obese

In Cuba, 23.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 2.9 times more likely to be unemployed

In Cuba, 1.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 31.4% more likely to have internet access

In Cuba, approximately 70.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In California, about 92.6% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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