Havana recorded Cuba's most negative migration balance in 2025

Havana recorded the most negative migration balance among the cited Cuban territories in 2025, at minus 33.6 per thousand residents. That was more negative than the national average of minus 25.6 per thousand at year's end. The gap between the values is eight per thousand, showing how far the capital's rate differed from the national figure.

Matanzas followed at minus 28.8 per thousand and Cienfuegos at minus 28.0. Havana's rate was 4.8 per thousand more negative than Matanzas and 5.6 more negative than Cienfuegos. The figures place all three provinces among the highlighted negative results, with Havana at the lowest end.

Holguín, at minus 19.8 per thousand, and Las Tunas, at minus 20.5, had the least negative values cited. Both remain negative, but their magnitudes were smaller. Havana's rate was 13.8 per thousand more negative than Holguín and 13.1 more negative than Las Tunas. The common unit permits comparison among territories and with the national average.

The minus 33.6 figure comes from an infographic published by the National Office of Statistics and Information. It refers to the 2025 migration balance per thousand residents. The national average was minus 25.6, with Matanzas and Cienfuegos following Havana and Holguín and Las Tunas among the least negative rates cited.