Cuba vs Peru
Cuba vs Peru: GDP per person
GDP per person: $7,381 in Cuba in 2024 and $6,891 in Peru in 2025, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cuba, by $649, or 1.1 times that in Peru.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Cuba has been higher since 1981, when it overtook Peru.
- The world as a whole: $11,890 in 2024.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Cuba | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $6,891 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $7,381 | $6,732 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $7,433 | $6,575 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $7,552 | $6,671 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $7,379 | $6,551 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $7,252 | $5,832 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $8,125 | $6,626 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $8,120 | $6,593 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $7,927 | $6,457 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $7,774 | $6,392 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $7,728 | $6,232 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $7,392 | $6,104 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $7,308 | $6,021 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $7,109 | $5,740 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $6,902 | $5,453 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $6,716 | $5,167 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $6,561 | $4,801 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $6,469 | $4,779 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $6,216 | $4,408 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $5,799 | $4,091 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $5,182 | $3,835 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $4,670 | $3,641 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $4,427 | $3,503 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $4,277 | $3,399 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $4,230 | $3,262 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $4,112 | $3,286 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $3,896 | $3,250 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $3,681 | $3,258 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $3,687 | $3,331 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $3,599 | $3,187 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $3,349 | $3,159 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $3,280 | $2,999 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $3,271 | $2,723 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $3,862 | $2,640 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $4,395 | $2,709 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $4,961 | $2,707 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $5,160 | $2,913 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $5,175 | $3,397 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $5,037 | $3,837 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $5,207 | $3,578 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $5,246 | $3,348 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $5,207 | $3,361 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $4,864 | $3,325 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $4,651 | $3,805 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $4,297 | $3,910 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $3,607 | $3,797 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $3,807 | $3,675 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $3,786 | $3,620 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $3,575 | $3,812 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $3,315 | $3,893 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $3,175 | $3,934 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $2,932 | $3,867 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $2,941 | $3,625 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $2,884 | $3,501 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $2,796 | $3,474 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $2,620 | $3,404 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $3,377 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $3,355 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $3,446 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $3,413 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $3,244 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $3,161 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $3,054 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $3,014 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $2,820 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $2,704 | $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 Peru
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Peru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Peru: $75 in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCuba: 76,000 people in 2020Peru: 158,000 people in 2020
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Peru: 90 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Peru: 5 million TIV in 2004