Quality of life comparison
If you lived in India instead of Cuba, you would:
Health
be 65.1% less likely to be obese
In Cuba, 23.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In India, that number is 8.0% of people as of 2024.
live 6.0 years less
In Cuba, the average life expectancy is 78 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024. In India, that number is 72 years (71 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024.
see 86.6% less spent on your healthcare
Cuba spends $2,575 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). India spends $346 as of 2023.
have 92.4% fewer doctors per person
Cuba has 95.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2021. India has 7.2 as of 2020.
have 24.1% less access to essential health services
Cuba scores 83 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. India scores 63 as of 2021.
Economy
be 2.4 times more likely to be unemployed
In Cuba, 1.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In India, that number is 4.2% as of 2025.
Life
have 85.4% more children
In Cuba, there are approximately 8.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In India, there are 16.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Cuba, approximately 35.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In India, 80.0 women do as of 2023.
be 21.6% less likely to be literate
In Cuba, the literacy rate is 99.7% as of 2021. In India, it is 78.2% as of 2024.
be 3.4 times more likely to die during infancy
In Cuba, approximately 6.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In India, on the other hand, 23.3 children do as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 51.4% less on education
Cuba spends 8.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. India spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.
spend 64.4% less on healthcare
Cuba spends 9.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In India, that number is 3.3% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 87.4% more coastline
Cuba has a total of 3,735 km of coastline. In India, that number is 7,000 km.
Safety
be 36.8% less likely to be murdered
Cuba has a homicide rate of 4.5 per 100,000 people as of 2019. In India, that number is 2.8 per 100,000 as of 2022.
be 2.9 times more likely to die in a road accident
In Cuba, road accidents kill 5.4 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In India, they kill 15.4 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
live with 2.8 times more strain on fresh water
Cuba withdraws 24% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. India withdraws 66% as of 2022.
use 19.2% less electricity
Cuba uses 1,462 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. India uses 1,182 kWh as of 2023.
Environment
be 2.7 times more likely to die from air pollution
In Cuba, air pollution causes 31.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In India, it causes 83.0 as of 2019.
emit 13.6% more CO2
Cuba emits 1.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. India emits 2.2 tonnes as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), The World Factbook (2021), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this
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