| Est. |
|
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
 |
| GDP
Purchasing power parity: |
|
|
$16.9
billion |
$17.3
billion |
| GDP
real growth rate: |
|
7.8% |
2.5% |
1.2% |
| GDP
per capita income: |
|
$1,480 |
$1,540 |
$1,560 |
|
| GDP
- composition by sector: |
agriculture:
7.0% industry: 31.0% services: 62.0% (1996 est.) |
| |
agriculture:
7.4% industry: 36.5% services: 56.1% (1997 est.) |
|
| Inflation
rate |
consumer
price index: NA% |
|
| Labor
force: total: |
4.71
million economically active population (1989 est.) |
| 4.50
million economically active population (1996 est.) |
| 3,527,000
employed in state civilian sector (1989 est.) |
| Note: |
state
sector 76% |
|
non-state
sector 24% (1996 est.) |
| By
Occupation: |
services
and government 30%, industry 22%, agriculture 20%, commerce
11%, construction 10%, transportation and communications 7%
(June 1990) |
|
| Unemployment
rate: |
6.8%
(1997 est.) |
|
| Budget: |
Revenues:
$12.3 billion
Expenditures: $13 billion (1998 est.) |
|
| Natural
resources: |
Nickel,
cobalt, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber. |
|
| Agriculture:
|
Products-
sugar, citrus and tropical fruits, tobacco, coffee, rice, beans,
meat, livestock, and vegetables. |
|
| Industry:
|
Types-
sugar, food processing, oil refining, cement, electric power,
light consumer and industrial products. |
|
| Industrial
production growth rate: |
6%
(1995 est.) |
|
| Electricity: |
capacity:
|
4.082
million kW (1995) |
| production: |
14.1
billion kWh (1997) |
| Production
by Source: |
fossil
fuel: 98.96% hydro: 1.04% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (1996) |
| Consumption
per Capita: |
822
kWh (1995 est.) |
|
| Exports: |
Total
Value: |
$2.1
billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.) |
|
$1.9
billion (f.o.b., 1997 est.) |
|
$1.4
billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.) |
| Commodities:
|
sugar,
nickel, tobacco, shellfish, medical products, citrus, coffee,
rum. |
| Major
markets: |
Canada
23%, Russia 21% China 7% (1996 est.) |
|
Russia
25%, Canada 15%, Netherlands 11% (1997 est.) |
|
Russia
27%, Canada 18%, Spain 8% (1998 est.) |
|
| Imports:
|
Total
Value: |
$3.5
billion (c.i.f., 1996 est.) |
|
$3.3
billion (c.i.f., 1997 est.) |
|
$3
billion (c.i.f., 1998 est.) |
| Commodities:
|
petroleum,
food, machinery, chemicals |
| Major
suppliers: |
Russia
14%, Spain 13%, Mexico 11% (1996 est.) |
|
Spain
14%, Russia12%, Mexico 9% (1997 est.) |
|
Spain
17%, France 9%, Canada 9% (1998 est.) |
|
| Debt
- external: |
$10.5
billion (convertible currency, 1996); another $20 billion owed
to Russia (1996) |
| |
$10.1
billion (convertible currency, 1997); another $20 billion owed
to Russia (1997) |
|
| Economic
aid: |
recipient:
$46 million (1997 est.) |
|
| Currency:
|
1
Cuban peso (Cu$) = 100 centavos |
|
| Exchange
rates: |
Cuban
pesos (Cu$) per US$1 - 1.0000
(non-convertible, official rate, linked to the US dollar) |
| 23
Cuban pesos=U.S.$1 (internal exchange rate) |
|
| Fiscal
year: |
calendar
year |
