Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Cuba vs Dominican Republic: GDP per person
GDP per person: $7,381 in Cuba in 2024 and $9,287 in Dominican Republic in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by $1,787, or 1.24 times that in Cuba.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Dominican Republic has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Cuba.
- The world as a whole: $11,890 in 2024.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Cuba | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $9,287 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $7,381 | $9,168 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $7,433 | $8,810 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $7,552 | $8,698 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $7,379 | $8,345 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $7,252 | $7,396 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $8,125 | $8,117 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $8,120 | $7,819 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $7,927 | $7,379 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $7,774 | $7,178 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $7,728 | $6,801 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $7,392 | $6,430 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $7,308 | $6,075 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $7,109 | $5,860 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $6,902 | $5,774 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $6,716 | $5,666 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $6,561 | $5,295 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $6,469 | $5,309 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $6,216 | $5,205 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $5,799 | $4,905 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $5,182 | $4,549 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $4,670 | $4,212 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $4,427 | $4,163 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $4,277 | $4,281 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $4,230 | $4,159 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $4,112 | $4,123 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $3,896 | $4,004 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $3,681 | $3,841 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $3,687 | $3,660 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $3,599 | $3,420 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $3,349 | $3,286 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $3,280 | $3,168 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $3,271 | $3,148 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $3,862 | $2,990 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $4,395 | $2,742 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $4,961 | $2,773 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $5,160 | $2,995 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $5,175 | $2,930 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $5,037 | $2,930 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $5,207 | $2,718 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $5,246 | $2,683 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $5,207 | $2,802 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $4,864 | $2,832 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $4,651 | $2,769 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $4,297 | $2,788 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $3,607 | $2,738 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $3,807 | $2,599 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $3,786 | $2,549 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $3,575 | $2,560 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $3,315 | $2,502 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $3,175 | $2,407 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $2,932 | $2,349 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $2,941 | $2,278 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $2,884 | $2,074 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $2,796 | $1,932 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $2,620 | $1,792 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $1,559 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $1,446 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $1,485 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $1,480 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $1,343 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $1,581 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $1,526 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $1,477 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $1,302 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $1,376 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, 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
Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Dominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Dominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Dominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Dominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Dominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Dominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Dominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Dominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Dominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Dominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Dominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Dominican Republic: $90 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Dominican Republic: 71,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Dominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Dominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Dominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Dominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022