CU

Cuba

Americas

Cuba ranks #171 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 39.9/100.

Score

39.9

D-

How to read Cuba's freedom profile

With an overall score of 39.9/100, Cuba is constrained across most freedoms. It ranks #171 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Americas region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbours.

Its strongest freedom is Equal Protection (6.8/10), while Assembly & Association (0.2/10) is where it scores lowest. That 6.6-point spread means Cuba's record is very uneven — freedom here depends heavily on which right you look at. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

Equal Protection

6.8B-

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.678 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Due Process

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

World Justice ProjectView source

Property Rights

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Economic Liberty

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Freedom of Movement

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Privacy

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

EditorialEditorialView source

Religion

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Free Expression

2.4F

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (26.0/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (21/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source

Political Participation

0.5F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.054 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Assembly & Association

0.2F

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.022 (0–1)

V-DemView source

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