What is political centralization index in Cuba?

Political centralization index in Cuba was 0.899 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Cuba?

The highest recorded value was 0.942 in 1960.

What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Cuba?

The lowest recorded value was 0.382 in 1941.

How does Cuba rank for political centralization index?

Cuba ranks 21st out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political centralization index rising or falling in Cuba?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Cuba data come from?

The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Political centralization index in Cuba

Name: Political centralization index in Cuba
Creator: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Cuba: Political centralization index was 0.899 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.899

Change on year

down 0.2%

World rank

21st

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.942

in 1960

All-time low

0.382

in 1941

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Political centralization index in Cuba, 1789–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Cuba recorded 0.899 for political centralization index in 2025.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political centralization index in Cuba peaked at 0.942 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.382, in 1941.

That places Cuba 21st out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.

Political centralization index in Cuba, year by year

Annual values for Political centralization index in Cuba, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.877	—
1790	0.877	+0.0%
1791	0.877	+0.0%
1792	0.877	+0.0%
1793	0.877	+0.0%
1794	0.877	+0.0%
1795	0.877	+0.0%
1796	0.877	+0.0%
1797	0.877	+0.0%
1798	0.877	+0.0%
1799	0.877	+0.0%
1800	0.877	+0.0%
1801	0.877	+0.0%
1802	0.877	+0.0%
1803	0.877	+0.0%
1804	0.877	+0.0%
1805	0.877	+0.0%
1806	0.877	+0.0%
1807	0.877	+0.0%
1808	0.877	+0.0%
1809	0.877	+0.0%
1810	0.877	+0.0%
1811	0.877	+0.0%
1812	0.876	-0.1%
1813	0.876	+0.0%
1814	0.876	+0.0%
1815	0.876	+0.0%
1816	0.876	+0.0%
1817	0.876	+0.0%
1818	0.876	+0.0%
1819	0.876	+0.0%
1820	0.876	+0.0%
1821	0.876	+0.0%
1822	0.876	+0.0%
1823	0.876	+0.0%
1824	0.876	+0.0%
1825	0.876	+0.0%
1826	0.876	+0.0%
1827	0.876	+0.0%
1828	0.876	+0.0%
1829	0.876	+0.0%
1830	0.876	+0.0%
1831	0.876	+0.0%
1832	0.876	+0.0%
1833	0.876	+0.0%
1834	0.876	+0.0%
1835	0.876	+0.0%
1836	0.876	+0.0%
1837	0.872	-0.5%
1838	0.872	+0.0%
1839	0.872	+0.0%
1840	0.872	+0.0%
1841	0.872	+0.0%
1842	0.872	+0.0%
1843	0.872	+0.0%
1844	0.872	+0.0%
1845	0.872	+0.0%
1846	0.872	+0.0%
1847	0.872	+0.0%
1848	0.872	+0.0%
1849	0.872	+0.0%
1850	0.872	+0.0%
1851	0.872	+0.0%
1852	0.872	+0.0%
1853	0.872	+0.0%
1854	0.872	+0.0%
1855	0.872	+0.0%
1856	0.872	+0.0%
1857	0.872	+0.0%
1858	0.872	+0.0%
1859	0.872	+0.0%
1860	0.872	+0.0%
1861	0.872	+0.0%
1862	0.872	+0.0%
1863	0.872	+0.0%
1864	0.872	+0.0%
1865	0.872	+0.0%
1866	0.872	+0.0%
1867	0.872	+0.0%
1868	0.872	+0.0%
1869	0.872	+0.0%
1870	0.872	+0.0%
1871	0.872	+0.0%
1872	0.872	+0.0%
1873	0.872	+0.0%
1874	0.872	+0.0%
1875	0.872	+0.0%
1876	0.872	+0.0%
1877	0.872	+0.0%
1878	0.872	+0.0%
1879	0.872	+0.0%
1880	0.872	+0.0%
1881	0.872	+0.0%
1882	0.872	+0.0%
1883	0.872	+0.0%
1884	0.872	+0.0%
1885	0.872	+0.0%
1886	0.872	+0.0%
1887	0.872	+0.0%
1888	0.872	+0.0%
1889	0.872	+0.0%
1890	0.872	+0.0%
1891	0.872	+0.0%
1892	0.872	+0.0%
1893	0.872	+0.0%
1894	0.872	+0.0%
1895	0.872	+0.0%
1896	0.872	+0.0%
1897	0.872	+0.0%
1898	0.809	-7.2%
1899	0.841	+4.0%
1900	0.708	-15.8%
1901	0.504	-28.8%
1902	0.463	-8.1%
1903	0.463	+0.0%
1904	0.463	+0.0%
1905	0.463	+0.0%
1906	0.47	+1.5%
1907	0.47	+0.0%
1908	0.47	+0.0%
1909	0.47	+0.0%
1910	0.474	+0.9%
1911	0.474	+0.0%
1912	0.474	+0.0%
1913	0.474	+0.0%
1914	0.474	+0.0%
1915	0.474	+0.0%
1916	0.474	+0.0%
1917	0.474	+0.0%
1918	0.474	+0.0%
1919	0.474	+0.0%
1920	0.474	+0.0%
1921	0.474	+0.0%
1922	0.474	+0.0%
1923	0.474	+0.0%
1924	0.474	+0.0%
1925	0.474	+0.0%
1926	0.513	+8.2%
1927	0.513	+0.0%
1928	0.574	+11.9%
1929	0.574	+0.0%
1930	0.574	+0.0%
1931	0.58	+1.0%
1932	0.58	+0.0%
1933	0.581	+0.2%
1934	0.5	-13.9%
1935	0.5	+0.0%
1936	0.5	+0.0%
1937	0.5	+0.0%
1938	0.5	+0.0%
1939	0.5	+0.0%
1940	0.424	-15.2%
1941	0.382	-9.9%
1942	0.382	+0.0%
1943	0.382	+0.0%
1944	0.382	+0.0%
1945	0.382	+0.0%
1946	0.382	+0.0%
1947	0.382	+0.0%
1948	0.382	+0.0%
1949	0.382	+0.0%
1950	0.382	+0.0%
1951	0.409	+7.1%
1952	0.478	+16.9%
1953	0.683	+42.9%
1954	0.683	+0.0%
1955	0.683	+0.0%
1956	0.683	+0.0%
1957	0.683	+0.0%
1958	0.683	+0.0%
1959	0.888	+30.0%
1960	0.942	+6.1%
1961	0.942	+0.0%
1962	0.942	+0.0%
1963	0.942	+0.0%
1964	0.942	+0.0%
1965	0.942	+0.0%
1966	0.942	+0.0%
1967	0.942	+0.0%
1968	0.942	+0.0%
1969	0.942	+0.0%
1970	0.942	+0.0%
1971	0.942	+0.0%
1972	0.942	+0.0%
1973	0.942	+0.0%
1974	0.942	+0.0%
1975	0.942	+0.0%
1976	0.939	-0.3%
1977	0.905	-3.6%
1978	0.905	+0.0%
1979	0.905	+0.0%
1980	0.905	+0.0%
1981	0.905	+0.0%
1982	0.905	+0.0%
1983	0.905	+0.0%
1984	0.905	+0.0%
1985	0.905	+0.0%
1986	0.905	+0.0%
1987	0.905	+0.0%
1988	0.905	+0.0%
1989	0.905	+0.0%
1990	0.905	+0.0%
1991	0.905	+0.0%
1992	0.905	+0.0%
1993	0.905	+0.0%
1994	0.905	+0.0%
1995	0.905	+0.0%
1996	0.905	+0.0%
1997	0.905	+0.0%
1998	0.905	+0.0%
1999	0.905	+0.0%
2000	0.905	+0.0%
2001	0.905	+0.0%
2002	0.905	+0.0%
2003	0.905	+0.0%
2004	0.905	+0.0%
2005	0.905	+0.0%
2006	0.905	+0.0%
2007	0.905	+0.0%
2008	0.905	+0.0%
2009	0.903	-0.2%
2010	0.903	+0.0%
2011	0.903	+0.0%
2012	0.903	+0.0%
2013	0.892	-1.2%
2014	0.896	+0.4%
2015	0.896	+0.0%
2016	0.896	+0.0%
2017	0.896	+0.0%
2018	0.886	-1.1%
2019	0.888	+0.2%
2020	0.887	-0.1%
2021	0.887	+0.0%
2022	0.887	+0.0%
2023	0.896	+1.0%
2024	0.901	+0.6%
2025	0.899	-0.2%

Cuba compared with similar countries

Cuba's 0.899 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3495, 2.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Cuba's 0.899 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.236, 3.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.877	0.877	0.877	1
1790s	0.877	0.877	0.877	10
1800s	0.877	0.877	0.877	10
1810s	0.8762	0.876	0.877	10
1820s	0.876	0.876	0.876	10
1830s	0.8748	0.872	0.876	10
1840s	0.872	0.872	0.872	10
1850s	0.872	0.872	0.872	10
1860s	0.872	0.872	0.872	10
1870s	0.872	0.872	0.872	10
1880s	0.872	0.872	0.872	10
1890s	0.8626	0.809	0.872	10
1900s	0.4944	0.463	0.708	10
1910s	0.474	0.474	0.474	10
1920s	0.5018	0.474	0.574	10
1930s	0.5315	0.5	0.581	10
1940s	0.3862	0.382	0.424	10
1950s	0.6255	0.382	0.888	10
1960s	0.942	0.942	0.942	10
1970s	0.9306	0.905	0.942	10
1980s	0.905	0.905	0.905	10
1990s	0.905	0.905	0.905	10
2000s	0.9048	0.903	0.905	10
2010s	0.8959	0.886	0.903	10
2020s	0.8928	0.887	0.901	6

Countries ranked near Cuba

18 Syria 0.914 compare
19 Vatican 0.906 compare
20 Uzbekistan 0.901 compare
22 Cameroon 0.883 compare
22 Sudan 0.883 compare
24 Bahrain 0.871 compare

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Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.78 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.8 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0696 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.8 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.77 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9214 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.19 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 14 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3791 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is political centralization index in Cuba?: Political centralization index in Cuba was 0.899 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Cuba?: The highest recorded value was 0.942 in 1960.
What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Cuba?: The lowest recorded value was 0.382 in 1941.
How does Cuba rank for political centralization index?: Cuba ranks 21st out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political centralization index rising or falling in Cuba?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cuba data come from?: The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Political centralization index
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026