Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Montenegro, you would:
Health
live 1.9 years longer
In Montenegro, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022. In Cuba, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 83.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Montenegro, 15.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Cuba, that number is 2.6% as of 2017.
make 32.8% less money
Montenegro has a GDP per capita of $18,300 as of 2020, while in Cuba, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2016.
Life
be 6.0 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Montenegro, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Cuba, 36.0 women do as of 2017.
be 27.5% more likely to die during infancy
In Montenegro, approximately 3.2 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.
Expenditures
spend 36.1% more on healthcare
Montenegro spends 8.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Cuba, that number is 11.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 12.7 times more coastline
Montenegro has a total of 294 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 Montenegro? See an in-depth size comparison.