Employers, male (% of male employment) in Cuba
Cuba: Employers, male (% of male employment) was 7.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, male (% of male employment) in Cuba, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, male (% of male employment) in Cuba is 7.1%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, male (% of male employment) in Cuba peaked at 7.2% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 1991.
Cuba ranks 32nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, male (% of male employment) in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.6% | — |
| 1992 | 1.7% | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 1.8% | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 1.7% | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 2.0% | +14.6% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 2.6% | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | +11.2% |
| 2002 | 3.1% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 2.9% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 4.7% | +56.8% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 5.6% | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 6.8% | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 7.0% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 7.1% | +1.2% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 7.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.4%, 1.6× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 7.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.9%, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, male (% of male employment) in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +56.8% | 3.0% | 4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 3.0% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More work & labour data for Cuba
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.07 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.06 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.16 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1738 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 9,101 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,722 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,757 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,821 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,577 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, male (% of male employment) in Cuba?
- Employers, male (% of male employment) in Cuba was 7.1% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2017.
- What is the lowest employers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 1991.
- How does Cuba rank for employers, male (% of male employment)?
- Cuba ranks 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).