Caribbean
Cuba
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Cuba and the EU
EU imports from
€258m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.2bn
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #136 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 4.61
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
7
EUR/MWh
Consumer
6
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
639
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Conflict / governance collapseMarket model
State monopoly (UNE, crisis conditions)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
No independent regulator
Collapse-level crisis with daily blackouts of 8-12 hours. Ageing Soviet-era oil-fired fleet, sanctions limiting fuel imports, near-zero investment, and a state monopoly (UNE) that cannot maintain existing infrastructure,…
Tracked infrastructure
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
4
1 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
4
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Nickel, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
academic bay studies only
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
41.9
→ 49.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.45
below replacement
Working-age
68.1%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
24.3
→ 52 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 11M · peaks 2024
By 2050: -15% (9.38M)