Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Cuba instead of Sierra Leone, you would:
Health
be 73.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Sierra Leone, 1.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Cuba, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.
live 20.9 years longer
In Sierra Leone, the average life expectancy is 59 years (57 years for men, 60 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 2.8 times more likely to be obese
In Sierra Leone, 8.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Cuba, that number is 24.6% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 7.7 times more money
Sierra Leone has a GDP per capita of $1,600 as of 2022, while in Cuba, the GDP per capita is $12,300 as of 2016.
be 61.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Sierra Leone, 3.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Cuba, that number is 1.2% as of 2022.
Life
be 91.2% less likely to die during childbirth
In Sierra Leone, approximately 443.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Cuba, 39.0 women do as of 2020.
be 2.1 times more likely to be literate
In Sierra Leone, the literacy rate is 48.6% as of 2022. In Cuba, it is 99.7% as of 2021.
be 94.4% less likely to die during infancy
In Sierra Leone, approximately 73.4 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 67.9% fewer children
In Sierra Leone, there are approximately 30.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Cuba, there are 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 3.6 times more likely to have access to electricity
In Sierra Leone, approximately 27% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Cuba, 100% of the population do as of 2021.
be 5.6 times more likely to have internet access
In Sierra Leone, approximately 12.7% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Cuba, about 71.0% do as of 2021.
be 35.3% more likely to have access to improved drinking water
In Sierra Leone, approximately 73% of people have improved drinking water access (92% in urban areas, and 58% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Cuba, that number is 98% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 97% in rural areas) as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 40.7% more on education
Sierra Leone spends 9.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Cuba spends 12.8% of total GDP on education as of 2010.
spend 42.0% more on healthcare
Sierra Leone spends 8.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Cuba, that number is 12.5% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 9.3 times more coastline
Sierra Leone has a total of 402 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
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