| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $32.13 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.6% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $2,900 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 26.9%
services: 67.6% (2003 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
4.58 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 24%, industry 25%, services 51% (1999) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $17.21 billion
expenditures: $18.28 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
2.4% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
14.38 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 93.9%
hydro: 0.6%
nuclear: 0%
other: 5.4% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
13.38 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock |
| Exports : |
$1.467 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee |
| Exports - Partners : |
Netherlands 21.6%, Canada 17.6%, Russia 10.8%, Spain 8.6%, China 7.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$4.531 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals |
| Imports - Partners : |
Spain 16.3%, Venezuela 12.3%, Italy 8.4%, US 8.3%, China 7.5%, Canada 5.3%, Mexico 5.2%, France 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$12.52 billion (convertible currency); another $15 billion -$20 billion owed to Russia (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$68.2 million (1997 est.) |
| Currency : |
Cuban peso (CUP) |
| Currency Code : |
CUP |
| Exchange Rates : |
Cuban pesos per US dollar - 1.0000 (nonconvertible, official rate, for international transactions, pegged to the US dollar); convertible peso sold for domestic use at a rate of 27 pesos per US dollar by the Government of Cuba (2002) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
