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Topic 13 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Cuba: Food & Agriculture
What does a country grow, and what does it take to grow it?
Cuba is placed 120th of 184 countries on food & agriculture in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) 3 (2024); Cereal Yield 2,070 (2023).
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120th
of 184 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
- 3Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy), 2024Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
- 2,070Cereal Yield, 2023Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
- —Dietary Energy Supply, 2024No reading for this country
- —Agriculture Orientation Index, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Cuba on food & agriculture — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
3
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators
Higher is better
Cuba: 3. Across the 186 countries in this edition, values run from 1.67 (Tuvalu) to 4.57 (Italy); the world median is 3.14.
- World median
- 3.14
- Best in Caribbean
- 4.4 Dominica
Key 2 of 4
Cereal Yield
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0
2,070
Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Higher is better
Cuba: 2,070. Across the 179 countries in this edition, values run from 23 (Cabo Verde) to 29,147 (Oman); the world median is 3,072.
- World median
- 3,072
- Best in Caribbean
- 14,067 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Key 3 of 4
Dietary Energy Supply
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Dietary energy supply (kcal per person per day)
Higher is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Cuba, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 155 countries in this edition, values run from 1,757 (Somalia) to 3,962 (United States); the world median is 2,982.
- World median
- 2,982
- Best in Caribbean
- 3,367 Dominican Republic
Key 4 of 4
Agriculture Orientation Index
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size)
Higher is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Cuba, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 132 countries in this edition, values run from 0.03 (Ghana) to 5.38 (Singapore); the world median is 0.305.
- World median
- 0.305
- Best in Caribbean
- 2.16 Saint Kitts and Nevis
02Over time
Which way Cuba is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)
Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba fell from 3.33 in 2015 to 3 in 2024; the world median went from 3.14 to 3.14.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2024 3.0 3.1 2023 3.2 3.1 2022 3.5 3.2 2021 3.5 3.1 2020 3.3 3.1 2019 3.3 3.1 2018 3.5 3.2 2017 3.7 3.1 2016 3.5 3.1 2015 3.3 3.1 Cereal Yield
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba fell from 2,528 in 2000 to 2,070 in 2023; the world median went from 2,170 to 3,072.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2023 2,070 3,072 2022 2,089 3,217 2021 2,409 3,003 2020 2,572 3,260 2019 2,833 3,106 2018 2,877 2,883 2017 2,854 2,984 2016 2,939 3,043 2015 2,965 3,000 2014 2,814 3,001 2013 2,904 2,970 2012 2,803 2,782 2011 2,619 2,754 2010 1,937 2,647 2009 2,069 2,653 2008 2,674 2,664 2007 2,913 2,553 2006 2,783 2,514 2005 2,562 2,512 2004 2,922 2,428 2003 3,189 2,331 2002 3,123 2,378 2001 2,881 2,199 2000 2,528 2,170 Agriculture Orientation Index
Agriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba rose from 1.22 in 2015 to 1.4 in 2019; the world median went from 0.305 to 0.265.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2024 — 0.305 2023 — 0.305 2022 — 0.290 2021 — 0.260 2020 — 0.255 2019 1.4 0.265 2018 1.5 0.270 2017 1.3 0.260 2016 1.1 0.285 2015 1.2 0.305 2014 — 0.300 2013 — 0.285 2012 — 0.330 2011 — 0.290 2010 — 0.320 2009 — 0.370 2008 — 0.390 2007 — 0.410 2006 — 0.355 2005 — 0.325 2004 — 0.320 2003 — 0.320 2002 — 0.340 2001 — 0.360
03In context
Cuba beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 184 countries on food & agriculture, never a place within the region.
Cuba and Caribbean
Cuba has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 184; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy)Current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators | Cereal YieldCereal yield (kg per hectare) | Dietary Energy SupplyDietary energy supply (kcal per person per day) | Agriculture Orientation IndexAgriculture orientation index (1.0 = spending matches sector size) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bahamas | 13th | 3.43 | 7,598 | — | 1.99 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18th | 4 | 14,067 | 3,069 | 0.8 |
 Saint Lucia | =23rd | 3.43 | — | — | 1.88 |
 Dominican Republic | 48th | 3.71 | 4,376 | 3,367 | 0.28 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56th | 2.8 | — | — | 2.16 |
 Barbados | 58th | 3.14 | 2,797 | 3,114 | 1.31 |
 Dominica | 64th | 4.4 | 1,682 | 3,149 | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | =77th | 3.33 | 1,600 | 2,999 | 1.28 |
 Grenada | 93rd | 4.33 | 998.8 | — | 0.28 |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 104th | 2.67 | 1,941 | — | 0.72 |
 Jamaica | 112th | 3.71 | 1,140 | 2,919 | 0.21 |
| Cuba | 120th | 3 | 2,070 | — | — |
 Haiti | 162nd | 3 | 1,063 | 1,998 | — |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Aruba | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Montserrat | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | not placed | — | 3,612 | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 184.
- Bahamas13th
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18th
- Saint Lucia=23rd
- Dominican Republic48th
- Saint Kitts and Nevis56th
- Barbados58th
- Dominica64th
- Trinidad and Tobago=77th
- Grenada93rd
- Antigua and Barbuda104th
- Jamaica112th
- Cuba120th
- Haiti162nd
- Anguillanot placed
- Arubanot placed
- British Virgin Islandsnot placed
- Cayman Islandsnot placed
- Curaçaonot placed
- Montserratnot placed
- Puerto Riconot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Sint Maartennot placed
- Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed
- United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on food & agriculture
The countries immediately above and below Cuba in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Cuba is ahead of the world, and behind
16 more statistics filed under food & agriculture, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median5
Statistics on which Cuba does worse than the middle country measured.
Agricultural Emissions IntensityFAO · 2023 · world median 1.5652.671.565▼ Worsened since 2013
Cuba: 2.67 · world median 1.565 · Greenhouse gases from farming per value of agricultural output (kg CO₂eq per international dollar). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 28.2; lower is better.
Position 48th of 190 · derived, 1st = worst.
Organic Agricultural AreaFAO · 2024 · world median 0.7250.080.725▲ Improved since 2014
Cuba: 0.08 · world median 0.725 · Organic share of agricultural land (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 86.38; higher is better.
Position 120th of 150 · derived.
Livestock Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 107.0687.4107.06▼ Worsened since 2012
Cuba: 87.4 · world median 107.06 · Livestock production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 35.52 to 190.08; higher is better.
Position 181st of 194 · derived.
Crop Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.2365.76106.23▼ Worsened since 2012
Cuba: 65.76 · world median 106.23 · Crop production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 53.79 to 189.93; higher is better.
Position 193rd of 195 · derived.
Food Production IndexFAO · 2022 · world median 106.0871.39106.08▼ Worsened since 2012
Cuba: 71.39 · world median 106.08 · Food production index (2014–2016 = 100). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 71.08 to 177.49; higher is better.
Position 194th of 195 · derived.
No better end11
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Arable Land per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 0.1090.2640.109No real change since 2013
Cuba: 0.264 · world median 0.109 · Arable land (hectares per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1.459.
Position 35th of 206 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agricultural LandFAO · 2023 · world median 37.9661.6737.96No real change since 2013
Cuba: 61.67 · world median 37.96 · Agricultural land (% of land area). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.445 to 86.48.
Position 36th of 209 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Agricultural EmissionsFAO · 2023 · world median 8,6359,5548,635Moved since 2013
Cuba: 9,554 · world median 8,635 · Farm-gate emissions (kt CO₂eq). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,044,508.
Position 94th of 193 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Water Withdrawal by SectorFAO · 2022 · world median 62.1464.9462.14No real change since 2012
Cuba: 64.94 · world median 62.14 · Freshwater withdrawn for agriculture (% of total). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.48.
Position 84th of 171 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Livestock DensityFAO · 2023 · world median 0.5350.550.535Moved since 2013
Cuba: 0.55 · world median 0.535 · Livestock units per hectare of agricultural land. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 43.97.
Position 91st of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Employment in AgricultureILO · 2025 · world median 14.3815.5314.38No real change since 2015
Cuba: 15.53 · world median 14.38 · Employment in agriculture (% of total employment). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.095 to 85.34.
Position 89th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fisheries and Aquaculture ProductionFAO · 2024 · world median 52,37522,33052,375Moved since 2014
Cuba: 22,330 · world median 52,375 · Fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals caught or farmed, tonnes (live weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 70,500,841.
Land Under Cereal ProductionFAO · 2023 · world median 689,278142,254689,278Moved since 2013
Cuba: 142,254 · world median 689,278 · Land under cereal production (hectares). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 103,715,108.
Position 129th of 179 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cropland Nitrogen BalanceFAO · 2023 · world median 37.634.47337.63Moved since 2013
Cuba: 4.473 · world median 37.63 · Nitrogen surplus (+) or deficit (−) on cropland, kg per hectare. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -555.52 to 1,199.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.221.73Moved since 2014
Cuba: 0.22 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 156th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Fertilizer Consumption per HectareFAO · 2023 · world median 87.363.78387.36Moved since 2013
Cuba: 3.783 · world median 87.36 · Fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare of arable land). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,926.
Position 177th of 188 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Cuba
Agricultural Irrigated Land, Agriculture Orientation Index (last 2019), Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP) (last 2024), Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker (last 2024), Cereal Import Dependency Ratio (last 2015), Dietary Energy Supply, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person (last 2019), Fruit Supply per Person (last 2019), Global Report on Food Crises, Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Meat Supply per Person (last 2019), Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment (last 2006), Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers (last 2018), Vegetable Supply per Person (last 2019) and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Food & Agriculture among Cuba’s 13 topics
Food & Agriculture is Cuba’s 8th best-placed topic of 13. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing56th of 2003/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge69th of 1983/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital83rd of 1963/3 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 78th of 1824/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 106th of 1983/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 95th of 1773/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience107th of 1933/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture120th of 1842/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 123rd of 1864/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions145th of 1943/4 keys
- Energy148th of 1652/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties179th of 1983/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade171st of 1773/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, Gender & Equality, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on food & agriculture
The three countries placed highest of 184, and the leaders Cuba can most readily be measured against.
1
SerbiaSouthern Europe
1st of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
AustriaWestern Europe
2nd of 184 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0, greyscale
3
MaltaSouthern Europe
3rd of 184 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States12th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Bahamas13th3/4 keysThis page
Cuba120th2/4 keys
Positions out of 184 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Cuba on food & agriculture: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Cuba rank on food & agriculture?
Cuba is placed 120th of 184 countries on Food & Agriculture in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) and Cereal Yield). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) figure for Cuba?
3 in 2024 (current status score, from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), averaged over up to seven sub-indicators), according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The world median in the same edition was 3.14.
What is the latest Cereal Yield figure for Cuba?
2,070 in 2023 (cereal yield (kg per hectare)), according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The world median in the same edition was 3,072.
How have Cuba’s food & agriculture figures changed?
Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) fell from 3.33 in 2015 to 3 in 2024; Cereal Yield fell from 2,528 in 2000 to 2,070 in 2023; Agriculture Orientation Index rose from 1.22 in 2015 to 1.4 in 2019.
Which food & agriculture statistics are missing for Cuba?
No current reading is published for Cuba on Agricultural Irrigated Land, Agriculture Orientation Index, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added (% of GDP), Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added per Worker, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Dietary Energy Supply, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Global Report on Food Crises, Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to Land, Meat Supply per Person, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Vegetable Supply per Person and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
This subject is about production and land use, not about whether people are fed. Hunger, undernourishment and what a population actually eats are measured under Health & Wellbeing, and the two regularly disagree — a country can grow a great deal and still leave many people short, and one that grows little can be well fed by trade. The wider environmental cost of farming — emissions, water withdrawal, forest cover — is filed under Environment & Sustainability.
How the Food & Agriculture standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The food & agriculture method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Progress Toward Productive and Sustainable Agriculture (SDG 2.4.1 Proxy) — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Cereal Yield — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Dietary Energy Supply — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
- Agriculture Orientation Index — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 16 statistics on this page come from 2 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Cuba’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Cuba (banner) — Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Serbia — Lošmi derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Austria — chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malta — Dirk Heldmaier derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Cuba: Food & Agriculture — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cuba/food