Chile vs Cuba
Chile vs Cuba: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 24.5% in Chile and 34.9% in Cuba, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cuba, by 10.4 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Chile.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Chile.
- In 2024, Chile ranked 119 and Cuba ranked 95 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Chile | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24.5 | 34.9 | – |
| 2023 | 24.5 | 34.9 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 24.5 | 34.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 24.5 | 34.8 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 24.5 | 34.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 24.5 | 34.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 24.5 | 34.4 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 24.5 | 34.3 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 24.5 | 34 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 24.6 | 33.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 24.5 | 33.2 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 24.4 | 32.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 24.4 | 31.3 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 24.3 | 30.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 24.3 | 30.2 | 32 |
| 2009 | 24.2 | 29.7 | 32 |
| 2008 | 24.1 | 29.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 24 | 28.7 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 23.9 | 28.2 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 23.9 | 27.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 23.8 | 27.3 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 23.7 | 26.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 23.6 | 26.3 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 23.5 | 25.6 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 23.4 | 25.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 23.4 | 24.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 23.2 | 24.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 23 | 23.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 22.9 | 23 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 22.8 | 22.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 22.7 | 21.9 | – |
| 1990 | 22.6 | 21.5 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chile vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980