Unemployment rate: Cuba
1.746% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.746 |
| 2024 | 1.755 |
| 2023 | 1.73 |
| 2022 | 1.829 |
| 2021 | 2.11 |
| 2020 | 2.233 |
| 2019 | 1.705 |
| 2018 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2.4 |
| 2014 | 2.7 |
| 2013 | 3.29 |
| 2012 | 3.46 |
| 2011 | 3.18 |
| 2010 | 2.5 |
| 2009 | 1.67 |
| 2008 | 1.583 |
| 2007 | 1.788 |
| 2006 | 1.913 |
| 2005 | 1.95 |
| 2004 | 1.854 |
| 2003 | 2.33 |
| 2002 | 3.31 |
| 2001 | 4.08 |
| 2000 | 5.45 |
| 1999 | 6.26 |
| 1998 | 6.23 |
| 1997 | 7.1 |
| 1996 | 7.61 |
| 1995 | 8.27 |
| 1994 | 8.806 |
| 1993 | 9.27 |
| 1992 | 8.779 |
| 1991 | 8.306 |