Cuba vs Ecuador

Cuba and Ecuador compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Ecuador has about 1.7 times as many people as Cuba: 18.3 million against 10.9 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Cuba ($9,605 in 2020) is 35% higher than in Ecuador ($7,125 in 2025).
• The economy grew faster in Ecuador (3.7% in 2025) than in Cuba (-1.1% in 2024), a difference of 4.8 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Ecuador (3.3%) than in Cuba (1.7%), a difference of 1.6 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Cuba can expect to live 0.7 years longer than one born in Ecuador: 78.3 years against 77.6 years in 2024.
• The population of Cuba is older: half of its people are over 41.7 years, against 28.4 years in Ecuador in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Ecuador (77.2%) than in Cuba (70.5%), a difference of 6.7 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Ecuador (2.6 tonnes) are 37% higher than in Cuba (1.9 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Ecuador (49.7%) than in Cuba (34.9%), a difference of 14.8 percentage points in 2024.