| Labor Force | 4.7 million |
| Unemployment Rate | N/A |
| Gross domestic products (total value of goods and services produced annually) | $14.7 billion |
| Budget | $9.3 billion |
| Debt | $9.1 billion |
| Exports | $1.6 billion, primarily sugar, nickel, shellfish, tobacco, medical products, citrus, coffee |
| Imports | $2.4 billion, primarily petroleum, food, machinery, chemicals |
| Defense Spending | 4% of GDP |
| highways | 26,500 km |
References
ABCNEWS. (1996). CIA World Factbook.
http:www.abcnews.com/reference/countries/CU.html (December 7, 1998).
This parge was written by Julia Hitchings, contributing
group members Lauren Clark, Jen Hamm, Sandi Yarow.
The purpose of this website is to portray the lives of children living in
Cuba. It was designed by Lauren Clark, Jenn Hamm, Julia Hitchings, and
Sandi Yarow, as a part of a collaborative web project in a freshman
writing seminar: Children and Society,
taught at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, by Professor April
Brayfield.
December 18, 1998