Education in Cuba

829 indicators covering education for Cuba.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 97.8% 2018 up 0.9% 60th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Government spending on education as a share of GDP 8.4% 2022 down 26.9% 6th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 106.5% 2019 up 16.8% 37th
Primary education, pupils 47.5% 2018 down 1.2% 176th
Inequality in education 0.091 2023 down 19.2% 110th
Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 0.6% 2018 down 4.9% 115th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 102.3% 2019 up 14.2% 46th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 110.9% 2019 up 19.3% 28th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index 1.08 GPI 2019 up 4.5% 57th
Tertiary education, academic staff 61.7% 2024 up 14.7% 8th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 0.0% 2018 162nd
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 0.0% 2018 161st
Persistence to grade 5, female 90.9% 2023 down 6.6% 87th
Persistence to grade 5, male 89.9% 2023 down 6.4% 82nd
School enrollment, secondary 84.2% 2018 down 3.8% 71st
Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational pr 27.4% 2019 up 4.6% 30th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocatio 47.2% 2019 down 5.1% 29th
Progression to secondary school, male 98.0% 2017 down 0.1% 65th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 296,028 number 2018 down 70.0% 70th
School enrollment, secondary, female 86.7% 2018 down 2.2% 60th
School enrollment, secondary, male 81.8% 2018 down 5.3% 71st
Progression to secondary school, female 98.9% 2017 up 0.1% 53rd
Expenditure on tertiary education 25.1% 2007 up 52.8% 41st
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroa 2,299 number 2018 up 35.5% 160th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both 10.2% 2019 up 50.7% 55th
Children out of school, primary 33,328 2024 up 118.1% 79th
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 36,323 number 2019 down 16.5% 52nd
Enrolment in secondary education, female 377,120 number 2019 down 5.9% 83rd
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 70.9% 2019 up 14.8% 36th
Teachers in lower secondary education, female 25,752 number 2019 down 4.1% 42nd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 4,592 number 2018 down 15.6% 66th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 97.7% 2018 up 1.1% 40th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 98.0% 2018 up 0.6% 31st
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male 2.7% 2018 up 34.7% 77th
Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, female 1.4% 2018 up 65.0% 91st
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education 18 years 2019 unchanged 53rd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 1,946 number 2018 down 23.5% 68th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 9.16 2018 down 4.7% 193rd
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, fema 10.2% 2019 up 57.3% 51st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 10.2% 2019 up 45.0% 54th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female 0.0% 2018 149th
Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male 0.0% 2018 149th
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 43,373 number 2019 up 2.1% 44th
Population, age 0, total 115,457 2015 down 11.9% 100th
Population, age 0, female 55,807 2015 down 13.0% 100th
Population, age 1, female 54,078 2015 down 15.9% 100th
Population, age 3, female 52,530 2015 down 19.6% 103rd
Population, age 2, female 53,010 2015 down 18.1% 101st
Population, age 1, total 111,532 2015 down 15.7% 100th
Population, age 2, total 109,067 2015 down 18.3% 101st
Population, age 4, female 52,563 2015 down 20.5% 103rd
Population, age 5, female 53,038 2015 down 20.9% 103rd
Population, age 3, total 107,899 2015 down 20.2% 103rd
Population, age 4, total 107,871 2015 down 21.2% 103rd
Population, age 5, total 108,820 2015 down 21.6% 103rd
Population, age 6, total 110,587 2015 down 21.5% 103rd
Population, age 7, female 55,015 2015 down 20.6% 100th