> Per capita GDP for Cuba is $6,051.22
That does not mean anything if the wealth is not well distributed (which is the case when elites keep the wealth and everyone else is poor).
That does not mean anything if the wealth is not well distributed (which is the case when elites keep the wealth and everyone else is poor).
Cuba's Gini coefficient is fairly low, at around 0.38 in 2000 [1], although the data quality might be poor. Most of Latin America is substantially less equal. The US's was around 0.4-0.45 during that time frame [2].
[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-reform-inequality-idU...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_eq...
USA: 78.74 years
Cuba: 79.07 years
Sometimes financial crises can force lifestyle changes for the better.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/04/how-cubans...