Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 20%
industry: 19.4%
services: 60.6% (2005)
Unemployment rate:
2% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 12 1.7% (2009 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Investment (gross fixed):
10.5% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 149
Public debt:
34.4% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 34.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
0.7% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 13 −0.5% (2009 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
NA%
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
NA%
Stock of narrow money:
$11.57 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 69 $11.74 billion (31 December 2009 est)
Stock of broad money:
$35.92 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 71 $35.61 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of domestic credit:
$NA
Agriculture - products:
sugar, tobacco, citrus, coffee, rice, potatoes, beans; livestock
Industries:
sugar, petroleum, tobacco, construction, nickel, steel, cement, agricultural machinery, pharmaceuticals
Industrial production growth rate:
0.8% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 151
Electricity - production:
16.89 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 73
Electricity - consumption:
13.93 billion kWh (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 77
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2008 est.)
Oil - production:
48,340 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 64
Oil - consumption:
169,000 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 60
Oil - exports:
0 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 202
Oil - imports:
104,800 bbl/day (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 64
Oil - proved reserves:
178.9 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 61
Natural gas - production:
400 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 68
Natural gas - consumption:
400 million cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 96
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 67
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 183
Natural gas - proved reserves:
70.79 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 57
Current account balance:
-$87 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 75 $539 million (2009 est.)
Exports:
$3.311 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 120 $2.879 billion (2009 est.)
Exports - commodities:
sugar, nickel, tobacco, fish, medical products, citrus, coffee
Exports - partners:
China 25.68%, Canada 20.31%, Spain 6.79%, Netherlands 4.53% (2009)
Imports:
$10.25 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 $8.91 billion (2009 est.)
Imports - commodities:
petroleum, food, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Venezuela 30.51%, China 15.48%, Spain 8.3%, US 6.87% (2009)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$4.847 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 67 $4.647 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Debt - external:
$19.75 billion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 72 $19.42 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$NA (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$4.138 billion (2006 est.) country comparison to the world: 61
Exchange rates:
Cuban pesos (CUP) per US dollar - 0.9259 (2010), 0.9259 (2009), 0.9259 (2008), 0.9259 (2007), 0.9231 (2006)
Communications ::Cuba
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.168 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 71
Telephones - mobile cellular:
443,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 162
Telephone system:
general assessment: greater investment beginning in 1994 and the establishment of a new Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in 2000 has resulted in improvements in the system; national fiber-optic system under development; 95% of switches digitized by end of 2006; mobile-cellular telephone service is expensive and must be paid in convertible pesos, which effectively limits subscribership
domestic: fixed-line density remains low at less than 10 per 100 inhabitants; mobile-cellular service expanding but remains less than 5 per 100 persons
international: country code - 53; fiber-optic cable laid to but not linked to US network; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) (2009)
Broadcast media:
government owns and controls all broadcast media with private ownership of electronic media prohibited; government operates 4 national TV networks and many local TV stations; government operates 6 national radio networks, an international station, and many local radio stations; Radio-TV Marti is beamed from the US (2007)
Internet country code:
.cu
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