Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Health
be 24.9% more likely to be obese
In Saint Lucia, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Cuba, that number is 24.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 89.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Cuba, that number is 1.2% as of 2023.
make 45.8% less money
Saint Lucia has a GDP per capita of $22,700 as of 2023, while in Cuba, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2016.
Life
be 46.6% less likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 73.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Cuba, 39.0 women do as of 2020.
be 65.6% less likely to die during infancy
In Saint Lucia, approximately 12.0 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.
have 13.2% fewer children
In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Cuba, there are 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 3.6 times more on education
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Cuba spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2010.
spend 86.6% more on healthcare
Saint Lucia spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Cuba, that number is 12.5% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 23.6 times more coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 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 Saint Lucia? See an in-depth size comparison.