Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Cuba
Cuba: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 73 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Cuba, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Cuba is 73, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Cuba peaked at 73 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 45, in 2012.
Cuba ranks 122nd of 266 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 45 | — |
| 2013 | 56 | +24.4% |
| 2014 | 59 | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 60 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 61 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 66 | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 67 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 69 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 69 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 69 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 71 | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 73 | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 73 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 73 | +0.0% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 73 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 113, 65% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 73 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 45, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60.38 | 45 | 69 | 8 |
| 2020s | 71.33 | 69 | 73 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 119 Yemen 85 compare
- 120 Bhutan 77 compare
- 120 El Salvador 77 compare
- 123 Croatia 72 compare
- 123 Eritrea 72 compare
- 125 Côte d'Ivoire 67 compare
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More infrastructure data for Cuba
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 8.01 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 72.93 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.59 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 14.49 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1449 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.1152 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.59 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.7293 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Cuba?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Cuba was 73 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 73 in 2023.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 45 in 2012.
- How does Cuba rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Cuba ranks 122nd out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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