Forcibly displaced people in Cuba
Cuba: Forcibly displaced people was 155 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forcibly displaced people in Cuba, 2010–2025
Source: Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Analysis
Cuba recorded 155 for forcibly displaced people in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forcibly displaced people in Cuba peaked at 417 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 155, in 2025.
That places Cuba 158th out of 180 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Forcibly displaced people in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 417 | — |
| 2011 | 381 | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 371 | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 377 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 282 | -25.2% |
| 2015 | 323 | +14.5% |
| 2016 | 340 | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 358 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 311 | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 265 | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 232 | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 213 | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 182 | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 161 | -11.5% |
| 2024 | 171 | +6.2% |
| 2025 | 155 | -9.4% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 155 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 61,510, 0% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 155 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,910, 1% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 342.5 | 265 | 417 | 10 |
| 2020s | 185.67 | 155 | 232 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More social development data for Cuba
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 115 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 29,395 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0027 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 29,395 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forcibly displaced people in Cuba?
- Forcibly displaced people in Cuba was 155 in 2025, according to Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
- What is the highest forcibly displaced people recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 417 in 2010.
- What is the lowest forcibly displaced people recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 155 in 2025.
- How does Cuba rank for forcibly displaced people?
- Cuba ranks 158th out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forcibly displaced people rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Refugee Population Statistics Database, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published as part of Forcibly displaced people. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forcibly displaced people are represented by the sum of (1) refugees (and people in a refugee-like situation) under the mandate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), (2) refugees under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), (3) asylum-seekers, (4) other people in need of international protection, and (5) internally displaced people (IDPs). Situations in which people are reported in more than one of these categories are accounted for, to the extent possible.