Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Cuba
Cuba: Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP was 1.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Cuba, 1995–2020
Source: UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Cuba is 1.1%, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 58.0% on the previous year and down 73.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Cuba peaked at 6.8% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2020.
That places Cuba 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 3.6% | — |
| 1996 | 5.3% | +47.4% |
| 1997 | 6.0% | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 6.8% | +14.4% |
| 1999 | 6.7% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 6.4% | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 5.8% | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 5.3% | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 5.6% | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 6.1% | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 3.2% | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | -18.4% |
| 2019 | 2.6% | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -58.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.7% | 3.6% | 6.8% | 5 |
| 2000s | 5.2% | 3.9% | 6.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.6% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 145 Mozambique 1.2% compare
- 146 Republic of Korea 1.2% compare
- 147 Guinea-Bissau 1.1% compare
- 149 Cameroon 1.1% compare
- 150 Burkina Faso 1.0% compare
- 151 India 1.0% compare
More economy & growth data for Cuba
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.0801 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 775.66 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate -26.47 % change on previous year (2020)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 721.79 current US$ per person (2020)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 43.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.0751 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 81,399 current LCU per person (2024)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate -1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Cuba?
- Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp in Cuba was 1.1% in 2020, according to UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 1998.
- What is the lowest spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2020.
- How does Cuba rank for spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp?
- Cuba ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of gdp rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from UN Tourism (2025); National statistical organizations and central banks, OECD national accounts, and World Bank staff estimates (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Spending by international visitors while visiting a country as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Money received by the destination country from foreign visitors, including spending on accommodation, food, transport, entertainment, shopping, and fares paid to the country’s own airlines, as a share of, as a share of GDP.