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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Cuba: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Cuba is placed 171st of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 27.84 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 15.2 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
171st
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Cuba on mobility & trade — 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
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
27.84
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 123rd of 177 by UNCTAD
Cuba: 27.84. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Caribbean
- 128.69 Dominican Republic
15.2
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Cuba: 15.2. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Caribbean
- 1.2 Montserrat
2.2
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 133rd of 139 by World Bank Group
Cuba: 2.2. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Caribbean
- 2.9 Antigua and Barbuda
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Cuba, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Caribbean
- 21.32 Cayman Islands
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.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba fell from 31.94 in 2006 to 26.66 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2026 26.7 56.21 2025 27.8 60.84 2024 25.3 55.22 2023 24.9 54.78 2022 26.6 51.49 2021 24.7 52.64 2020 25.5 47.86 2019 23.9 51.05 2018 31.2 52.03 2017 34.0 49.87 2016 40.0 48.09 2015 32.7 49.13 2014 32.4 48.08 2013 33.2 51.32 2012 33.8 47.44 2011 33.7 50.26 2010 30.2 50.51 2009 28.1 53.04 2008 32.1 51.68 2007 34.7 55.78 2006 31.9 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba rose from 2.067 in 2010 to 2.2 in 2023; the world median went from 2.746 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2023 2.200 2.900 2018 2.197 2.706 2016 2.346 2.734 2014 2.180 2.753 2012 2.196 2.773 2010 2.067 2.746 2007 — 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba rose from 0.08 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2022; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.565.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 — 0.690000 2022 0.17 0.565000 2021 0.24 0.550000 2020 0.24 0.680000 2019 0.19 0.625000 2018 0.19 0.480000 2017 0.21 0.630000 2016 0.35 0.865000 2015 — 0.790000 2014 — 0.760000 2013 — 0.645000 2012 — 0.630000 2011 — 0.535000 2010 — 0.560000 2009 — 0.780000 2008 — 0.595000 2007 — 0.660000 2006 0.45 0.445000 2005 0.79 0.570000 2004 0.81 0.535000 2003 1.95 0.530000 2002 0.26 0.510000 2001 0.19 0.490000 2000 0.08 0.430000
03In context
Cuba beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, 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 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sint Maarten | 54th | 33.68 | 2.3 | — | — |
 Dominica | 58th | 24.47 | 1.5 | — | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 65th | 26.15 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 5.24 |
 Grenada | 72nd | 23.14 | 2 | 2.5 | 5.36 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 82nd | 11.79 | 1.8 | — | — |
 Dominican Republic | 87th | 128.69 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 0.87 |
 British Virgin Islands | 90th | 11.79 | 2.2 | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | 95th | 7.329 | 5.1 | — | 21.32 |
 Bahamas | 97th | 86.44 | 6.1 | 2.7 | — |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 103rd | 20.16 | 3.3 | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | 106th | 49.61 | 5.3 | — | — |
 Jamaica | 110th | 117.51 | 6.4 | 2.5 | — |
 Saint Lucia | =126th | 27.28 | 4.9 | — | — |
 Barbados | =128th | 35.43 | 6.1 | — | 0.57 |
 Aruba | 134th | 17.98 | 4.2 | — | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 141st | 61.46 | 6.3 | 2.5 | 0.08 |
 United States Virgin Islands | 142nd | 21.6 | 5.1 | — | — |
 Curaçao | 166th | 25.61 | 10.1 | — | — |
| Cuba | 171st | 27.84 | 15.2 | 2.2 | — |
 Haiti | 175th | 23.67 | 21.6 | 2.1 | — |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | 1.9 | — | — |
 Montserrat | not placed | — | 1.2 | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | not placed | 4.13 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
- Sint Maarten54th
- Dominica58th
- Antigua and Barbuda65th
- Grenada72nd
- Saint Kitts and Nevis82nd
- Dominican Republic87th
- British Virgin Islands90th
- Cayman Islands95th
- Bahamas97th
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines103rd
- Puerto Rico106th
- Jamaica110th
- Saint Lucia=126th
- Barbados=128th
- Aruba134th
- Trinidad and Tobago141st
- United States Virgin Islands142nd
- Curaçao166th
- Cuba171st
- Haiti175th
- Anguillanot placed
- Montserratnot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Turks and Caicos Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Cuba in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Cuba is ahead of the world, and behind
15 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, 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 median3
Statistics on which Cuba does worse than the middle country measured.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4942.2455.494▼ Worsened since 2014
Cuba: 2.245 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 51st of 75 · derived.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.2-0.8241.2No real change since 2015
Cuba: -0.824 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 158th of 176 · derived.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.22519.633.225▼ Worsened since 2016
Cuba: 19.63 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.
Position 1st of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end12
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,4511,879,613444,451No real change since 2015
Cuba: 1,879,613 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.669.163.66No real change since 2012
Cuba: 9.16 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1786.3367.17Moved since 2014
Cuba: 86.33 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.30.306Moved since 2015
Cuba: 0.3 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.73120.47275.73Moved since 2016
Cuba: 120.47 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.2395.68103.23Moved since 2015
Cuba: 95.68 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-2.069-0.133Moved since 2013
Cuba: -2.069 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,836401,836No real change since 2015
Cuba: 40 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,26911512,269Moved since 2015
Cuba: 115 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2791.5015.279Moved since 2013
Cuba: 1.501 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3232,144223,323Moved since 2015
Cuba: 2,144 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0890.026.089No real change since 2015
Cuba: 0.02 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
No current reading for Cuba
Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio (last 2015), Container Port Traffic (last 2023), Creative Goods Exports (last 2022), Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports (last 2022), ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2024), Services Exports (last 2024) and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2024). 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
Mobility & Trade among Cuba’s 13 topics
Mobility & Trade is Cuba’s 13th 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 mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Cuba can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States7th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Sint Maarten54th2/4 keysThis page
Cuba171st3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 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.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Cuba and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Cuba on mobility & trade: 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 mobility & trade?
Cuba is placed 171st of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Cuba?
27.84 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Cuba?
15.2 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How have Cuba’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 31.94 in 2006 to 26.66 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.067 in 2010 to 2.2 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports rose from 0.08 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2022.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Cuba?
No current reading is published for Cuba on Average Time to Clear Exports Through Customs, Cereal Import Dependency Ratio, Container Port Traffic, Creative Goods Exports, Creative Services Exports, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Services Exports and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade 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 mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 15 statistics on this page come from 6 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
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Cuba: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cuba/mobility