Trade as a share of GDP in Cuba

Trade in goods and services was equal to 124.9% of GDP in Cuba in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Trade as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cuba, 2024 124.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +4.3percentage points 2023: 120.5%
World, 2024 56.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 39th of 172 See the full ranking

Trade as a share of GDP in Cuba over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Trade as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period CubaWorld
2025 – 68.5%
2024 124.9% 56.7%
2023 120.5% 58.1%
2022 93.9% 62.1%
2021 80.0% 56.5%
2020 15.7% 51.9%
2019 22.8% 55.8%
2018 27.1% 57.0%
2017 26.2% 55.5%
2016 27.3% 53.8%
2015 31.6% 55.6%
2014 39.3% 58.0%
2013 44.3% 58.6%
2012 45.9% 59.3%
2011 47.0% 59.3%
2010 40.3% 56.2%
2009 32.9% 51.9%
2008 44.9% 60.3%
2007 38.0% 58.7%
2006 37.2% 58.4%
2005 39.4% 56.2%
2004 31.3% 54.2%
2003 26.6% 50.7%
2002 24.7% 49.0%
2001 29.4% 49.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.3 percentage points from 120.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 39.3%, the figure has changed by +85.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 172 countries with data for 2024, Cuba has the 39th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 56.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Cuba
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices