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Unemployment rate in Cuba

How hard is it to have a job there?

Cuba's unemployment rate is 1.75 % — #8 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

1.75%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Cuba over time

5.45 %3.52 %1.58 %5.45 % · 20001.58 % · 20082000: 5.45 %2001: 4.08 %2002: 3.31 %2003: 2.33 %2004: 1.85 %2005: 1.95 %2006: 1.91 %2007: 1.79 %2008: 1.58 %2009: 1.67 %2010: 2.50 %2011: 3.18 %2012: 3.46 %2013: 3.29 %2014: 2.70 %2015: 2.40 %2016: 2.00 %2017: 1.70 %2018: 1.70 %2019: 1.71 %2020: 2.23 %2021: 2.11 %2022: 1.83 %2023: 1.73 %2024: 1.75 %2025: 1.75 %2000201220251.75 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#8 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
94 %
116 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.01 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.70 pp
peak 5.45 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 3.70 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #1 of 27vs median 5.25 %: −3.51 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Cuba: ahead of 94 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentCuba 1.75 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Cuba is ahead of 94 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Cuba
6 Vietnam1.52 %−0.22 pp
7 Tanzania1.57 %−0.17 pp
8 Cuba1.75 %—
9 Russia2.13 %+0.39 pp
10 United Arab Emirates2.17 %+0.43 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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