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Cuba
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
GDP250.46[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita22090.09[$]
Population11.34[millions]
Urbanization77.19[%]
Land Area111274.11[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 64 48.4 0.8
Health 60 50.5 2.8
Air Quality 48 53.9 3.9
PM2.5 61 47.1 1
Household solid fuels 59 63.1 7.6
Ozone 47 56.3 7.4
Sanitation & Drinking Water 84 49.6 1.6
Sanitation 79 55.2 3.3
Drinking water 86 45.9 0.5
Heavy Metals 90 48.3 3.8
Lead 90 48.3 3.8
Waste Management 94 25.9 -
Solid waste 94 25.9 -
Ecosystem Vitality 78 47 -0.6
Biodiversity 117 51.1 10.4
Terrestrial biomes (nat'l) 112 58.9 15.1
Terrestrial biomes (global) 101 69.3 6.2
Marine protected areas 56 15.1 11.7
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 74 33.5 7.1
Species Habitat Index 22 95.7 -2.8
Species Protection Index 134 45 32
Biodiversity Habitat Index 106 50.1 1.1
Ecosystem Services 134 25.2 -8.3
Tree cover loss 132 21.3 -11.5
Grassland loss 54 65.5 15
Wetland loss 75 55.2 25.8
Fisheries 97 10 -1.6
Fish Stock Status 97 2.9 -3.1
Marine Trophic Index 53 17.2 -
Fish caught by trawling - - -
Climate Change 42 64.2 -4.3
CO2 growth rate 65 49 -4.9
CH4 growth rate 37 93 -7
F-gas growth rate 74 89.5 23.3
N2O growth rate 54 69.5 -29
Black Carbon growth rate 1 100 -
CO2 from land cover 13 93.5 -
GHG intensity trend 96 46.1 -27.7
GHG per capita 93 48.4 -5.5
Pollution Emissions 66 76.1 -1.5
SO2 growth rate 100 62.5 -5.5
NOx growth rate 37 89.6 2.3
Agriculture 152 21.4 -6.2
Sustainable N Mgmt Index 152 21.4 -6.2
Water Resources 86 3.6 -
Wastewater treatment 86 3.6 -

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

EPI Performance
Uruguay 49.1
Albania 49
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Cuba 48.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.4
Jamaica 48.2
Iran 48
Malaysia 47.9
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Panama 47.3
GDP per capita
Romania 64.7
Croatia 63.1
Chile 55.3
Uruguay 49.1
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Cuba 48.4
Panama 47.3
Mauritius 45.1
Kazakhstan 44.7
Equatorial Guinea 38.1
Issue Performance
Albania 49
Cuba 48.4
Jamaica 48.2
Panama 47.3
Tunisia 46.7
Montenegro 46.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.4
Thailand 45.4
El Salvador 43.1
Nicaragua 39.2
Regulatory Quality
Cuba 48.4
Iran 48
Algeria 44.8
Equatorial Guinea 38.1
Zimbabwe 37
Central African Republic 36.9
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4
Sudan 34.8
Republic of Congo 30.8
Haiti 27
Voice & Accountability
Belarus 53
Bahrain 51
Venezuela 50.3
Cuba 48.4
Azerbaijan 46.5
China 37.3
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.4
Viet Nam 33.4
Djibouti 28.1
Chad 26.7
Political Stability
Germany 77.2
Estonia 65.3
Seychelles 58.2
United Arab Emirates 55.6
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Cuba 48.4
Namibia 40.2
Oman 38.5
Qatar 37.1
Fiji 34.4
Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela 50.3
Uruguay 49.1
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Cuba 48.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.4
Jamaica 48.2
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Panama 47.3
Paraguay 46.4
Dominican Republic 46.3
Small Island Developing States
Bahrain 51
Antigua and Barbuda 48.5
Cuba 48.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48.4
Jamaica 48.2
Trinidad and Tobago 47.5
Dominican Republic 46.3
Barbados 45.6
Suriname 45.2
Mauritius 45.1
Ease of Doing Business Index
Cuba 48.4
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EPI Report Year: 
2020
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