Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Egypt, you would:
Health
live 5.2 years longer
In Egypt, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022. In Cuba, that number is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022.
be 23.1% less likely to be obese
In Egypt, 32.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Cuba, that number is 24.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 84.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Egypt, 7.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Cuba, that number is 1.2% as of 2023.
make 27.6% less money
Egypt has a GDP per capita of $17,000 as of 2023, while in Cuba, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2016.
Life
be 36.4% more likely to be literate
In Egypt, the literacy rate is 73.1% as of 2021. In Cuba, it is 99.7% as of 2021.
be 76.7% less likely to die during infancy
In Egypt, approximately 17.7 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.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Egypt, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Cuba, 39.0 women do as of 2020.
have 49.2% fewer children
In Egypt, there are approximately 19.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Cuba, there are 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 5.1 times more on education
Egypt spends 2.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cuba spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2010.
spend 2.8 times more on healthcare
Egypt spends 4.4% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Cuba, that number is 12.5% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 52.4% more coastline
Egypt has a total of 2,450 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 Egypt? See an in-depth size comparison.