Cuba vs United States: country risk compared

Cuba currently carries the higher assessed risk (4.6 vs 3.2 on the RegActions 0-10 scale), driven by higher governance and institutions risk (5.5 vs 2.8).

🇨🇺 Cuba (4.6/10, Moderate) vs 🇺🇸 United States (3.2/10, Moderate).

Side by side

IndicatorCubaUnited States
RegActions risk score4.6/10 (Moderate)3.2/10 (Moderate)
FATF statusNot currently listedNot currently listed
Sanctions postureComprehensive country programmeNo listed programme identified
Governance: rule of law (WGI risk)5.9/102.4/10
Corruption (CPI)40/100 (rank #84)64/100 (rank #29)
EU tax list (Annex I)Not listedNot listed
Egmont FIU memberYesYes
Last FATF mutual evaluation20152016
BO registerNone identifiedRestricted (live since 2024)

FATF mutual evaluations

  • Cuba: last mutual evaluation 2015 · report
  • United States: last mutual evaluation 2016 · report

Full country reports

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Active methodology 3.1.0; Cuba is complete with low confidence and United States is complete with low confidence. FATF listings and sanctions are shown as regulatory overlays; CPI and enforcement volume are contextual, not score inputs. Scoring methodology.