Education · Latin America & Caribbean · Upper-middle income
Cuba: education in numbers
Pre-primary enrolment is 99.6% (2021), 25th of 176 in the world and 3rd of 33 in Latin America & Caribbean. Primary enrolment is 98.1% (2024), 115th of 191 in the world and 21st of 39 in Latin America & Caribbean. Primary completion is 91.1% (2024), 107th of 168 in the world and 20th of 33 in Latin America & Caribbean.
Pre-primary enrolment
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Primary enrolment
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12 indicators
Education: Cuba in detail
Latest reported value, world rank and rank within Latin America & Caribbean; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.
| Indicator | Latest | World rank | In region | ~2000 | ~2010 | ~2020 | 10-year change | Region | Income group | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross | 99.6%2021 | 25/176 | 3/33 | 107.9% | 101.9% | 97.2% | −4.9 ppsince 2011 | 75.6% | 77.9% | 60.9% | |
| Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross | 98.1%2024 | 115/191 | 21/39 | 103.8% | 100.7% | 101.3% | −4.9 ppsince 2014 | 104.6% | 100.7% | 102.2% | |
| Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group | 91.1%2024 | 107/168 | 20/33 | 97.9% | 95.7% | 95.3% | −4.3 ppsince 2014 | 96.5% | 95.2% | 88.0% | |
| Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross | 91.7%2024 | 94/176 | 20/37 | 81.9% | 92.4% | 101.5% | −4.2 ppsince 2014 | 98.0% | 96.5% | 77.3% | |
| Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group | 89.2%2024 | 89/168 | 14/32 | 93.2% | 94.8% | 91.6% | −2.5 ppsince 2014 | 81.5% | 93.0% | 77.9% | |
| Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross | 43.1%2024 | 94/172 | 16/31 | 23.0% | 93.5% | 46.7% | +2.3 ppsince 2014 | 58.9% | 64.6% | 43.6% | |
| Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age | 4.7%2024 | 78/178 | 24/35 | 0.2% | 1.6% | 1.3% | +2.6 ppsince 2014 | — | 4.0% | — | |
| Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+ | 97.7%2019 | 40/141 | 4/26 | 99.8%2002 | 99.7%2012 | 97.7%2019 | −2.2 ppsince 2002 | 94.9% | 96.2% | 87.7% | |
| Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–24 | 99.6%2019 | 36/148 | 6/31 | 100.0%2002 | 99.9%2012 | 99.6%2019 | −0.3 ppsince 2002 | 98.7% | 99.3% | 93.1% | |
| Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary | 9.22018 | 167/173 | 30/30 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 9.22018 | −4.7%since 2008 | 21.3 | 18.4 | 23.4 | |
| Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP | 8.4%2022 | 6/184 | 1/38 | 7.7% | 12.8% | 11.5% | −3.1 ppsince 2012 | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.6% | |
| Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure | 17.0%2022 | 38/179 | 10/37 | · | 16.5%2012 | 16.7% | +0.5 ppsince 2012 | 16.6% | 15.1% | 14.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.
Better than ten years ago
- Tertiary enrolment+2.3 pp43.1% in 2024
- Pupils per teacher−4.7%9.2 in 2018
Worse than ten years ago
- Pre-primary enrolment−4.9 pp99.6% in 2021
- Primary completion−4.3 pp91.1% in 2024
- Secondary enrolment−4.2 pp91.7% in 2024
- Lower secondary completion−2.5 pp89.2% in 2024
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
neighbours
Cuba and its neighbours
Countries sharing a land border with Cuba. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | Cuba | United States | United Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolment | 99.6%2021 | 72.4%2020 | 105.8%2020 |
| Primary enrolment | 98.1%2024 | 97.0%2022 | 102.2%2023 |
| Primary completion | 91.1%2024 | 95.7%2022 | 101.1%2023 |
| Secondary enrolment | 91.7%2024 | 97.5%2022 | 112.1%2023 |
| Lower secondary completion | 89.2%2024 | 101.4%2022 | 98.0%2023 |
| Tertiary enrolment | 43.1%2024 | 79.4%2022 | 80.4%2023 |
| Out-of-school children | 4.7%2024 | 4.0%2022 | 0.1%2023 |
| Adult literacy | 97.7%2019 | — | — |
| Youth literacy | 99.6%2019 | — | — |