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Cuba

Cuba is an authoritarian state. The 2019 constitution codifies that Cuba remains a one-party system in which the Communist Party is the only legal political party. The president is the first secretary of the Communist Party, the highest political entity of the state by law. The elections were neither free nor fair nor competitive. Government officials, at the direction of their superiors, committed most human rights abuses. As a matter of policy, officials failed to investigate or prosecute those who committed these abuses. Impunity for the perpetrators remained widespread, as was impunity for official corruption.

The overall score indicates that there are substantial risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Government corruption
  • Lack of investigation of and accountability for gender-based violence
  • Trafficking in persons, incl. forced labor
  • Outlawing of independent trade unions

The overall score indicates that serious violations of human rights happen in this country. Compliance with human rights standards cannot be assumed. High caution should be exercised. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:
  • Government corruption
  • Lack of investigation of and accountability for gender-based violence
  • Trafficking in persons, incl. forced labor
  • Outlawing of independent trade unions

For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive).

In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them.

For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table.

The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map.

You can find more details on the methodology here.

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Overall Score

40/100

Human Development Index

76,4/100 (0,764)

Kids Rights Index

84,9/100 (0,849)

Children's Rights in the Workplace Index

68,0/100 (3,2)

Global Slavery Index

47,6/100 (52,39)

Trafficking in persons report

12,5/100 (T3)

Fragile States Index

49,9/100 (60,1)

Freedom in the World Index

12,0/100 (12)

Environmental Performance Index

47,5/100 (47,5)

Corruption Perceptions Index

46,0/100 (46)

Equality Index

81,0/100 (81)