Colombia vs Cuba
Colombia vs Cuba: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 53.7% in Colombia and 34.9% in Cuba, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 18.8 percentage points, or 1.54 times that in Cuba.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 45 and Cuba ranked 95 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Colombia | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53.7 | 34.9 | – |
| 2023 | 53.8 | 34.9 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 54 | 34.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 54.1 | 34.8 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 54.2 | 34.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 54.3 | 34.6 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 54.5 | 34.4 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 54.6 | 34.3 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 54.8 | 34 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 55 | 33.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 55 | 33.2 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 55.1 | 32.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 55.2 | 31.3 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 55.3 | 30.6 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 55.4 | 30.2 | 32 |
| 2009 | 55.5 | 29.7 | 32 |
| 2008 | 55.6 | 29.2 | 32 |
| 2007 | 55.7 | 28.7 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 55.8 | 28.2 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 55.9 | 27.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 56 | 27.3 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 56.1 | 26.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 56.2 | 26.3 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 56.3 | 25.6 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 56.4 | 25.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 56.6 | 24.8 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 56.9 | 24.4 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 57.1 | 24.1 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 57.3 | 23.7 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 57.5 | 23.3 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 57.8 | 23 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 58 | 22.6 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 58.2 | 22.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 58.5 | 21.9 | – |
| 1990 | 58.7 | 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
Colombia vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Cuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Cuba: 8 million TIV in 1980