Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tennessee instead of Cuba, you would:
Health
be 64.9% more likely to be obese
In Cuba, 23.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tennessee, that number is 37.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 94.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Cuba, 1.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Tennessee, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 24.3% more likely to have internet access
In Cuba, approximately 70.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Tennessee, about 87.6% do as of 2023.
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
