Fakta om Cuba

1. Atomvåben: Sovjetunionen flyttede mere end 150 atomvåben til Cuba under Cubakrisen (14. – 28. oktober 1962)
2. Tomlere: Alle regeringskøretøjer i Cuba skal ifølge loven samle alle tomlere (”blaffere”) op
3. Coca-Cola: Der findes kun 2 lande i verden, der officielt ikke må sælge Coca-Cola; Nordkorea og Cuba
4. CIA og Castro: Før 1960 havde CIA en række planer for at skade Fidel Castros image. Planerne inkluderede bl.a. forgiftede cigarer og hårfjerningsmidler i sko, der begge skulle få Fidel Castros skæg til at falde af. En anden plan gik ud på at forgifte luften på en radiostation med kemikalier, hvilket ville give LSD-lignende virkninger på Castro under sendetiden
5. Twitter-klon: USAs regering skabte en klon af det sociale medie Twitter til cubanerne i 2011
6. Barbering: Fidel Castro har udtalt, at han ”har sparet 10 arbejdsdage pr. år, fordi han ikke har gidet barbere sig”
7. Mobiltelefoner: Cubanerne havde forbud mod at eje mobiltelefoner frem til 2008
8. Cigarer: Den amerikanske præsident John F. Kennedy købte 1.200 cubanske cigarer lige inden han underskrev handelsembargoen med Cuba i 1960
9. Monopoly: Da Fidel Castro tog magten i Cuba den 16. februar 1959, beordrede han straks ødelæggelse af alle Monopoly-brætspil
10. Luftballon: En mand forlod den cubanske hovedstad Havana i 1856 i en luftballon og har været forsvundet lige siden

Attribution: neiljs – Flickr.com

Fakta: Cubas hovedstad, Havana, huser 2,1 mio. indbyggere og er landets største by

Geografiske fakta

• Agricultural land (sq. km): 62267.001953125 (2016)
• Agricultural land (% of land area): 59.860605607696 (2016)
• CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita): 2.4952182638914 (2016)
• Forest area (% of land area): 31.278601208001 (2016)
• Plant species (higher), threatened: 179 (2018)
• Rural land area (sq. km): 100440.7969 (2010)
• Surface area (sq. km): 109880 (2018)
• Urban land area (sq. km): 9572.447266 (2010)

Demografiske fakta

• Armed forces personnel, total: 76000 (2017)
• Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people): 10.166 (2018)
• Electric power consumption (kWh per capita): 1450.883716866 (2014)
• Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate): 3.5940001010895 (2019)
• Fertility rate, total (births per woman): 1.618 (2018)
• Food exports (% of merchandise exports): 10.462505631362 (2006)
• Food imports (% of merchandise imports): 11.921222502923 (2006)
• Food production index (2004-2006 = 100): 109.99 (2016)
• Hospital beds (per 1,000 people): 5.2 (2014)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population): 57.14840432 (2017)
• International tourism, number of arrivals: 4684000 (2018)
• International tourism, number of departures: 894000 (2016)
• Labor force with basic education (% of total working-age population with basic education): 35.659999847412 (2010)
• Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age population with intermediate education): 70.389999389648 (2010)
• Labor force, total: 5098407 (2019)
• Life expectancy at birth, female (years): 80.706 (2018)
• Life expectancy at birth, male (years): 76.763 (2018)
• Life expectancy at birth, total (years): 78.726 (2018)
• Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above): 99.75253 (2012)
• Mammal species, threatened: 10 (2018)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people): 47.391537267067 (2018)
• Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people): 8.5 (2016)
• Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population): 5.8 (2016)
• Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population): 22.1 (2016)
• Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 3.7 (2018)
• Net migration: -72000 (2017)
• Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people): 7.5614 (2018)
• Physicians (per 1,000 people): 8.4218 (2018)
• Population density (people per sq. km of land area): 108.99959623149 (2018)
• Population in largest city: 2138419 (2019)
• Population growth (annual %): -0.041064554364363 (2019)
• Population, total: 11333483 (2019)
• Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49): 0.4 (2018)
• Rail lines (total route-km): 5075.6 (2007)
• Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km): 1284.8 (2007)
• Rural population (% of total population): 22.891 (2019)
• Rural population growth (annual %): -0.35510361146147 (2019)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross): 101.90455 (2018)
• Smoking prevalence, total (ages 15+): 35.2 (2016)
• Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age): 6.1 (2016)
• Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate): 2.4000000953674 (2015)
• Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (national estimate): 6.0799999237061 (2010)
• Urban population (% of total population): 77.109 (2019)
• Urban population growth (annual %): 0.05235297792147 (2019)
• Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate): 73.307998657227 (2019)

Cuba's økonomi

• Current health expenditure (% of GDP): 11.711326986551 (2017)
• GDP (current US$): 100023000000 (2018)
• GDP growth (annual %): 2.2484803930358 (2018)
• GDP per capita (current US$): 8821.81889125 (2018)
• GNI (current US$): 90086000000 (2016)
• GNI growth (annual %): 0.35087427072118 (2016)
• Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP): 25.117223038701 (2018)
• Industry (including construction), value added (current US$): 25123000000 (2018)
• Livestock production index (2004-2006 = 100): 144.9 (2016)
• Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP): 13.048998730292 (2018)
• Manufacturing, value added (current US$): 13052000000 (2018)
• Merchandise exports (current US$): 2450000000 (2019)
• Merchandise imports (current US$): 10740000000 (2019)
• Military expenditure (% of GDP): 2.8724032394614 (2017)
• Military expenditure (current USD): 122552919.00664 (2017)
• Net ODA received per capita (current US$): 65.87236767776 (2018)
• Trade (% of GDP): 27.094768203313 (2018)

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