Cuba

Capital City:

Havana

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education			99.59999999999999	99.59999999999999	98.2	97	97	98.90000000000001				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage	27.6	27.6	27.6	36	36	36	36	36	43.2	43.2	43.2	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)			99.8						99.8			World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	6,554	6,656	6,654	6,638	6,528	6,637	6,630	6,620	6,600	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	24,350	24,906	25,462	26,018	26,574	27,130	27,686	28,242		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	22.17	22.68	23.19	23.69	24.2	24.7	25.21	25.72		World Bank

Category: Tourism
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	1,948	1,840	1,769	1,999	2,114	2,399	2,404					Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	11,086,800	11,113,700	11,138,900	11,161,400	11,179,800	11,193,200	11,201,100	11,204,400	11,204,700	11,204,200	World Bank
Population annual growth	0.256027	0.241742	0.226392	0.202365	0.164986	0.119277	0.0707769	0.0296444	0.0026507	0.00495339	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)	65					53			53		World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index												UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)												World Bank

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	14	World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)	3,098	3,157	2,579	2,248	2,084	1,586	1,391	1,300	World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)	72.45	71.54000000000001	74.69	77.42	78.53	83.20999999999999	85.81999999999999	86.77	World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	26,039	25,453	26,091	25,453	24,936	25,020	26,032	27,055				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	90					92			94			World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	2.69	4.34	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42	4.42		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Cuba	Primera comunicación nacional a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático.	Strategy Description	2001
NBSAP - Cuba	IV INFORME NACIONAL AL CONVENIO SOBRE LA DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA	Strategy Description	2009
NSDS - Cuba		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

ECLAC Report Examines Vulnerability to Climate Change of LAC Coasts

Date: 24 May 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

21 May 2012: The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published a report that examines the vulnerability and exposure to climate change of the 72,182 km coastline of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The report looks at individual five km long, 20 km wide strips of LAC coastline, analyzing the physical, socioeconomic and ecological characteristics of coastal zones according to variables such as land type and use, crop areas or ecosystem zones, population...

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GEF Reports on Support for Non-Annex I Parties National Communications

Date: 25 Apr 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

20 April 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a note containing information on financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CCC/SBI/2012/INF.7). The note details of the financial support provided by the GEF for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties). Annexed to...

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CaMPAM Announces Learning Exchanges for Best Marine Practices

Date: 20 Apr 2012 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

17 April 2012: The Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Management Network and Forum (CaMPAM) has announced the launch of a project aimed at supporting learning exchanges among marine protected areas (MPA) staff and fishers from the Dominican Republic, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Cuba, and Antigua and Barbuda, as well as other Caribbean countries. According to CaMPAM, the learning exchanges, set to take place throughout April and May, aim to use manager exchanges as a tool for...

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