Governance at a glance
- Government
- Unitary Communist state
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- CPI score (2026)
- 40/100
- Press freedom (2025)
- 26.0/100 #165
- Electoral democracy (2025)
- 0.176
- HDI
- 0.762
Government and leaders
- Government type
- Unitary Communist state
| Title | Name |
|---|---|
| First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba | Miguel DΓaz-Canel |
| Vice President of Cuba | Salvador ValdΓ©s Mesa |
Safety and security
- Homicide rate (2019)
- 4.5/100k
- Traffic deaths (2019)
- 8.9/100k
- Military spending (2018)
- 2.9% of GDP
Corruption perceptions index
- CPI score (2026)
- 40 / 100
- Interpretation
- Moderate corruption
Democracy index
- Electoral (2025)
- 0.176
- Liberal
- 0.057
- Participatory
- 0.054
- Deliberative
- 0.097
- Egalitarian
- 0.224
Press freedom index
- Overall score (2025)
- 26.0 / 100
- Global rank
- #165 / 180
- Rank change
- +3 vs previous year
- RSF zone
- AmΓ©riques
- Political #172
- 13.8
- Economic #174
- 19.1
- Legal #174
- 18.2
- Social #152
- 35.5
- Safety #136
- 43.6
Press freedom historical data
| Year | Score | Rank | Political | Economic | Legal | Social | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.0 | 165 | 13.8 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 35.5 | 43.6 |
| 2024 | 25.6 | 168 | 14.9 | 24.5 | 15.6 | 30.2 | 43.1 |
| 2023 | 29.0 | 172 | 32.9 | 35.7 | 14.4 | 29.9 | 32.1 |
| 2022 | 27.3 | 173 | 27.3 | 39.8 | 15.8 | 27.5 | 26.2 |
| 2021 | 36.1 | 171 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | 100.0 |
| 2020 | 36.2 | 171 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | 71.7 |
| 2019 | 36.2 | 169 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | 89.0 |
| 2018 | 31.1 | 172 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | 64.4 |
| 2017 | 28.3 | 173 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | 48.1 |
| 2016 | 29.8 | 171 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | 39.7 |
| 2015 | 29.8 | 169 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | 47.7 |
| 2014 | 29.1 | 170 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable |
| 2013 | 28.4 | 171 | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable | Data unavailable |