Human Development & Quality of Life in Cuba
Human Development
Cuba's 2023 HDI is 0.762, placing it 97 in UNDP's table and in the high human development category. More revealing for this profile, Planetary pressures reduce the adjusted index to 0.723, a 5.1% change from HDI. At the same time, the income component uses GNI per capita of $8,415 in 2021 PPP dollars.
What sits inside Cuba's HDI
For Cuba, health contributes through life expectancy of 78.1; education through 13.9 expected and 10.6 mean years of schooling; and income through GNI per capita of $8,415 in 2021 PPP dollars. Those are the published inputs behind the 2023 HDI. When the indicator is reused, preserve the distinction between level and distribution so the number is not mistaken for another indicator.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
For Cuba, the available complementary indices are GDI 0.975, GII 0.296, PHDI 0.723. Reading them together is useful, but combining them would obscure their different definitions.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
The OECD comparison used here does not provide a life-satisfaction observation that this Cuba page can reproduce. Missing source coverage is shown as a limitation, not filled with an estimate. For the evidence on this page, avoid blending different source vintages so the number is not mistaken for another indicator.
What Cuba's numbers say together
For a fuller view of Cuba, the page shows PHDI 0.723 after a 5.1% adjustment; GDI 0.975. They complement one another, but none is treated as a substitute for another.
For the 2023 development snapshot, the headline UNDP result for Cuba is HDI 0.762, rank 97, for 2023. Broader quality-of-life indicators remain outside that index.
The GDI value is 0.975 in group 1; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.723, with a 5.1% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Cuba's HDI?
UNDP's Human Development Report 2025 gives Cuba an HDI of 0.762 for 2023 and rank 97.
Is an inequality-adjusted HDI available for Cuba?
The UNDP table used for this release does not publish an IHDI value for Cuba. The profile does not turn an absent source observation into a calculated replacement.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Cuba's page adds a quality-of-life measure only when a comparable dated observation can be sourced. The profile does not turn an absent source observation into a calculated replacement.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI has three core dimensions: health, knowledge and standard of living. A life-satisfaction result is not an input to HDI and remains a separate quality-of-life signal.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.