Cuba

Country in Americas

In brief

Access to electricity: 100% (2024). World rank 1 of 214 (1 = best); in Americas, 1 of 46. Electricity from fossil fuels: 96.3% (2024). World rank 180 of 209 (1 = best); in Americas, 35 of 45. Air passengers per year: 137K (2023). World rank 136 of 163; in Americas, 25 of 28. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 29.1% → 70.5%, mobile subscriptions per 100 people 22 → 73, and home broadband per 100 people 0.1 → 3.1.

Internet and communications

Using the internet: 70.5% 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people: 73 2024
Home broadband per 100 people: 3.1 2024
Internet domain: .cu

Energy

Access to electricity: 100% 2024
Electricity use, kWh per person: 1,373 2024
Renewable share of energy use: 20.9% 2021
Electricity from renewables: 4.8% 2021
Electricity from fossil fuels: 96.3% 2024
Mains voltage: 110 V
Plug types: A, B

Transport

Driving side: Right
Air passengers per year: 136,998 2023
Airports: 120 2025
Railways, km: 8,367 2017

Science and innovation

Research spending, share of GDP: 0.4% 2024
Researchers per million people: 2,171 2024
Scientific articles per year: 1,217 2023
Patent applications by residents: 12 2024
High-tech share of manufactured exports: 7.9% 2022