Cuba is a one-party socialist republic in which the Communist Party is the only legal party. The state owns most of the economy, provides universal health care and education, and permits limited private enterprise.
In the 12 Axes register, Cuba leans hardest on Planned – Markets: Planned 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Cuba sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Centralised under Communist Party
Oligarchy
Single legal party
Authoritarian
Dissent and press tightly restricted
Non-Interventionist
Solidarity diplomacy, anti-intervention stance
Military-Focused
Large forces relative to size
Centrist
Officially colour-blind, no explicit policy
Socialist
State owns most enterprises
Planned Economy
Central planning dominates
Limited Trade
State trade monopoly, US embargo
Agnostic
Secular state, formerly atheist
Progressive
2022 code legalised same-sex marriage
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Planned – Markets
On Planned – Markets, Cuba is at Planned 95%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Cuba is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Map: Connormah, Ssolbergj (original), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
