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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Cuba: Education & Knowledge
How far does a country's schooling carry its children?
Cuba is placed 69th of 198 countries on education & knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Out-of-School Rate, Primary 4.684 (2024); Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 97.06 (2024).
Share
Education & Knowledge
69th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 4.684Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
- 97.06Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
- 74.13Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025Upper secondary completion rate (%)
- —Government Spending on Education, 2023No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Cuba on education & knowledge — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Cuba’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
4.684
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Lower is better
Cuba: 4.684. Across the 192 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.004 (United Arab Emirates) to 65.6 (Equatorial Guinea); the world median is 3.691.
- World median
- 3.691
- Best in Caribbean
- 0.133 Turks and Caicos Islands
Key 2 of 4
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Cuba’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
97.06
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
Higher is better
Cuba: 97.06. Across the 187 countries at their latest reading, values run from 3.411 (Yemen) to 100 (United Arab Emirates); the world median is 85.9.
- World median
- 85.9
- Best in Caribbean
- 98.36 Turks and Caicos Islands
Key 3 of 4
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
74.13
Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Higher is better
Cuba: 74.13. Across the 164 countries in this edition, values run from 2.13 (South Sudan) to 99.27 (South Korea); the world median is 64.87.
- World median
- 64.87
- Best in Caribbean
- 95.71 Barbados
Key 4 of 4
Government Spending on Education
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
No reading
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Higher is better
UIS publishes no 2023 figure for Cuba, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 123 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Somalia) to 16.39 (Kiribati); the world median is 3.709.
- World median
- 3.709
- Best in Caribbean
- 7.19 Montserrat
02Over time
Which way Cuba is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%) · lower is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba rose from 0.221 in 2000 to 4.684 in 2024; the world median went from 8.642 to 3.691.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2024 4.684 3.691 2023 3.369 3.393 2022 3.382 3.002 2021 1.273 3.330 2020 1.318 2.678 2019 1.875 2.758 2018 2.201 2.439 2017 2.431 2.907 2016 2.269 2.954 2015 2.412 3.052 2014 2.063 3.904 2013 0.709 3.413 2012 2.002 3.408 2011 2.362 3.626 2010 1.561 3.491 2009 1.170 3.577 2008 1.563 3.878 2007 0.598 4.029 2006 1.238 4.338 2005 0.792 4.571 2004 0.657 3.791 2003 0.424 4.412 2002 0.182 4.144 2001 0.070 4.051 2000 0.221 8.642 Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba fell from 99.65 in 2000 to 97.06 in 2024; the world median went from 66.32 to 85.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2024 97.0641 85.9 2023 99.2203 87.6 2022 99.6888 87.7 2021 99.3823 87.0 2020 97.5880 88.3 2019 99.4369 88.8 2018 99.3419 89.6 2017 99.6208 87.4 2016 99.0679 87.9 2015 99.5501 88.2 2014 99.2769 89.2 2013 94.5326 88.0 2012 — 85.4 2011 99.2514 86.2 2010 98.5315 86.1 2009 99.3734 84.8 2008 99.3321 85.8 2007 97.2466 86.7 2006 97.6628 84.0 2005 99.4368 82.2 2004 99.8411 81.8 2003 99.9403 78.3 2002 97.2235 80.0 2001 99.8616 80.8 2000 99.6501 66.3 Upper Secondary Completion Rate
Upper secondary completion rate (%) · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba rose from 57.57 in 2000 to 74.13 in 2025; the world median went from 38 to 64.87.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2025 74.13 64.9 2024 73.59 65.0 2023 72.97 64.2 2022 72.43 63.6 2021 72.01 62.9 2020 71.66 62.2 2019 71.60 61.5 2018 71.88 60.9 2017 72.38 60.5 2016 73.05 60.1 2015 74.04 58.9 2014 75.23 57.0 2013 76.44 54.7 2012 77.07 52.4 2011 76.81 50.9 2010 75.90 49.5 2009 74.69 48.5 2008 73.23 47.4 2007 71.62 46.2 2006 69.76 45.0 2005 67.58 43.8 2004 65.22 42.9 2003 62.77 41.6 2002 60.58 40.3 2001 58.78 39.0 2000 57.57 38.0 Government Spending on Education
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · higher is better
CubaWorld median
Cuba rose from 7.705 in 2000 to 8.441 in 2022; the world median went from 3.886 to 4.057.
Every year’s figures
Year Cuba World median 2023 — 3.7092 2022 8.441 4.0570 2021 9.386 4.2611 2020 11.525 4.4056 2019 9.047 4.1407 2018 8.025 4.2159 2017 8.444 4.1401 2016 9.013 4.2342 2015 8.963 4.2386 2014 9.607 4.2005 2013 10.672 4.3493 2012 11.552 4.0348 2011 — 3.9987 2010 12.837 4.1396 2009 13.125 4.6638 2008 14.059 4.4226 2007 11.868 4.1717 2006 9.057 4.0593 2005 10.558 4.0557 2004 10.268 3.9745 2003 9.941 4.1595 2002 9.571 4.0173 2001 8.358 4.1002 2000 7.705 3.8861
03In context
Cuba beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on education & knowledge, never a place within the region.
Cuba and Caribbean
Cuba has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryOut-of-school rate, primary age (%) | Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before PrimaryChildren one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) | Upper Secondary Completion RateUpper secondary completion rate (%) | Government Spending on EducationGovernment expenditure on education (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11th | 0.59 | 98.04 | — | 6.4583 |
 Aruba | =41st | 1.755 | 96.09 | — | — |
 Jamaica | 43rd | 4.341 | 94.69 | 92 | 5.6545 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | =48th | 0.133 | 98.36 | — | 2.6877 |
 Dominica | 50th | 3.952 | 98.03 | — | 4.6942 |
| Cuba | 69th | 4.684 | 97.06 | 74.13 | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 86th | 1.711 | 94.08 | — | 3.1051 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 93rd | 7.164 | 96.69 | 84.85 | 3.2336 |
 Montserrat | 96th | 6.686 | 72.92 | — | 7.1902 |
 Saint Lucia | 97th | 7.012 | 91.73 | 94.25 | 2.7421 |
 Dominican Republic | 98th | 4.928 | 93.47 | 64.68 | 3.7606 |
 Barbados | 107th | 17.6 | 78.17 | 95.71 | 3.7754 |
 Grenada | 110th | 4.941 | 74.96 | — | 5.1254 |
 Puerto Rico | 118th | 13.25 | 89.02 | — | 4.2690 |
 Sint Maarten | =123rd | 6.781 | — | — | 3.9236 |
 Curaçao | 128th | 27.89 | 77.65 | — | 5.3007 |
 Cayman Islands | 130th | 5.169 | 96.16 | — | 1.5702 |
 British Virgin Islands | 161st | 26.97 | 82.84 | — | 3.1728 |
 Bahamas | =176th | 15.88 | 47.25 | — | 2.7419 |
 Haiti | 181st | — | 76.02 | 18.48 | 0.9646 |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | 89.69 | — | — |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | not placed | — | — | — | 3.4973 |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11th
- Aruba=41st
- Jamaica43rd
- Turks and Caicos Islands=48th
- Dominica50th
- Cuba69th
- Antigua and Barbuda86th
- Trinidad and Tobago93rd
- Montserrat96th
- Saint Lucia97th
- Dominican Republic98th
- Barbados107th
- Grenada110th
- Puerto Rico118th
- Sint Maarten=123rd
- Curaçao128th
- Cayman Islands130th
- British Virgin Islands161st
- Bahamas=176th
- Haiti181st
- Anguillanot placed
- Saint Kitts and Nevisnot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on education & knowledge
The countries immediately above and below Cuba in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Cuba is ahead of the world, and behind
26 more statistics filed under education & knowledge, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median10
Statistics on which Cuba does better than the middle country measured.
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment RateUIS · 2024 · world median 65.9399.0365.93▲ Improved since 2014
Cuba: 99.03 · world median 65.93 · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.779 to 99.85; higher is better.
Position 6th of 120 · derived.
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, PrimaryUIS · 2024 · world median 20.6711.4420.67▼ Worsened since 2014
Cuba: 11.44 · world median 20.67 · Primary pupils per qualified teacher (headcount basis). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.244 to 284.7; lower is better.
Position 86th of 92 · derived, 1st = worst.
Youth Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 98.2299.6198.22No earlier reading
Cuba: 99.61 · world median 98.22 · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 36.7 to 100; higher is better.
Primary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 97.4399.597.43No real change since 2015
Cuba: 99.5 · world median 97.43 · Primary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.94 to 100; higher is better.
Position 43rd of 165 · derived.
Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9997.6593.99No earlier reading
Cuba: 97.65 · world median 93.99 · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 26.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 52nd of 172 · derived.
Researchers per Million InhabitantsUIS · 2024 · world median 701.952,171701.95No earlier reading
Cuba: 2,171 · world median 701.95 · Researchers per million inhabitants (full-time equivalent). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.446 to 18,130; higher is better.
Position 45th of 145 · derived.
Lower Secondary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 89.2195.9789.21▼ Worsened since 2015
Cuba: 95.97 · world median 89.21 · Lower secondary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13.73 to 100; higher is better.
Position 56th of 164 · derived.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.93310.639.933▼ Worsened since 2013
Cuba: 10.63 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 81st of 193 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3413.8813.34▼ Worsened since 2013
Cuba: 13.88 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 89th of 195 · derived.
Gender Parity Index, Tertiary EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 1.2441.4931.244▼ Worsened since 2014
Cuba: 1.493 · world median 1.244 · Adjusted gender parity index, tertiary gross enrolment (1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.74 to 1.83; higher is better.
Position 86th of 95 · derived.
Behind the world median10
Statistics on which Cuba does worse than the middle country measured.
Secondary School EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 93.1991.7593.19▼ Worsened since 2014
Cuba: 91.75 · world median 93.19 · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 19.87 to 158.55; higher is better.
Position 59th of 109 · derived.
Tertiary Enrolment RatioUIS · 2024 · world median 52.7743.152.77▼ Worsened since 2014
Cuba: 43.1 · world median 52.77 · Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 2.566 to 141.86; higher is better.
Position 54th of 95 · derived.
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary AgeUIS · 2024 · world median 6.3437.6776.343▼ Worsened since 2014
Cuba: 7.677 · world median 6.343 · Out-of-school rate, lower secondary age (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.011 to 79.71; lower is better.
Position 51st of 116 · derived, 1st = worst.
Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of PrimaryUIS · 2023 · world median 60.0844.560.08No earlier reading
Cuba: 44.5 · world median 60.08 · Pupils at the end of primary reaching minimum proficiency in reading (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 98.78; higher is better.
Research and Development SpendingUIS · 2023 · world median 0.8140.3920.814▼ Worsened since 2013
Cuba: 0.392 · world median 0.814 · Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.006 to 6.346; higher is better.
Position 55th of 84 · derived.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4942.2455.494▼ Worsened since 2014
Cuba: 2.245 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 51st of 75 · derived.
School Life ExpectancyUIS · 2024 · world median 14.5913.4614.59▼ Worsened since 2014
Cuba: 13.46 · world median 14.59 · School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.478 to 21.01; higher is better.
Position 54th of 77 · derived.
Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of PrimaryUIS · 2023 · world median 43.820.743.8No earlier reading
Cuba: 20.7 · world median 43.8 · Pupils at the end of primary reaching minimum proficiency in mathematics (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.8 to 93.42; higher is better.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6639.498.66▲ Improved since 2018
Cuba: 39.4 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Academic Freedom IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.6190.0840.619No real change since 2015
Cuba: 0.084 · world median 0.619 · Academic freedom index (0–1). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.019 to 0.978; higher is better.
Position 164th of 176 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 100100100No real change since 2018
Cuba: 100 · world median 100 · Primary schools with access to electricity (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.246 to 100; higher is better.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Female Share of ResearchersUIS · 2024 · world median 38.175638.17No earlier reading
Cuba: 56 · world median 38.17 · Researchers who are women (% of headcount; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.54.
Female Share of STEM GraduatesUIS · 2023 · world median 35.342.6435.3Moved since 2016
Cuba: 42.64 · world median 35.3 · STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.333 to 55.96.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,2402,4772,240Moved since 2022
Cuba: 2,477 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2791.5015.279Moved since 2013
Cuba: 1.501 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6012.3725.601Moved since 2016
Cuba: 2.372 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
No current reading for Cuba
Bachelor's or Higher Attainment (last 2019), Government Funding per Primary Student (last 2010), Government Spending on Education (last 2022), Harmonized Test Scores, Intergenerational Persistence in Education, Learning Poverty, Learning-Adjusted Years of School, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education (last 2023), Trust in Scientists, Upper Secondary Attainment (last 2019) and Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Education & Knowledge among Cuba’s 13 topics
Education & Knowledge is Cuba’s 2nd best-placed topic of 13. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing56th of 2003/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge69th of 1983/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital83rd of 1963/3 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 78th of 1824/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 106th of 1983/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 95th of 1773/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience107th of 1933/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture120th of 1842/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 123rd of 1864/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions145th of 1943/4 keys
- Energy148th of 1652/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties179th of 1983/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade171st of 1773/4 keys
No standing on Economy & Innovation, Gender & Equality, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on education & knowledge
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Cuba can most readily be measured against.
1
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
1st of 198 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
GreeceSouthern Europe
2nd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
PolandEastern Europe
3rd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
Moldova7th4/4 keysHighest in Americas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11th3/4 keysThis page
Cuba69th3/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Cuba on education & knowledge: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Cuba rank on education & knowledge?
Cuba is placed 69th of 198 countries on Education & Knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Out-of-School Rate, Primary, Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary and Upper Secondary Completion Rate). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Out-of-School Rate, Primary figure for Cuba?
4.684 in 2024 (out-of-school rate, primary age (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 3.691.
What is the latest Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary figure for Cuba?
97.06 in 2024 (children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 85.9.
How have Cuba’s education & knowledge figures changed?
Out-of-School Rate, Primary rose from 0.221 in 2000 to 4.684 in 2024; Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary fell from 99.65 in 2000 to 97.06 in 2024; Upper Secondary Completion Rate rose from 57.57 in 2000 to 74.13 in 2025; Government Spending on Education rose from 7.705 in 2000 to 8.441 in 2022.
Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Cuba?
No current reading is published for Cuba on Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, Government Funding per Primary Student, Government Spending on Education, Harmonized Test Scores, Intergenerational Persistence in Education, Learning Poverty, Learning-Adjusted Years of School, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, Trust in Scientists, Upper Secondary Attainment and Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary Completion. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
How much children actually learn is only partly covered. International test scores exist for a limited group of countries, and they are published here as context rather than used as a key, because a key must describe most of the world. Universities, research, and youth and adult literacy also appear as context.
How the Education & Knowledge standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The education & knowledge method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Spending on Education — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
The other 26 statistics on this page come from 4 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Cuba’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Cuba (banner) — Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0
- United Arab Emirates — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Greece — User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Poland — Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich), CC BY 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Cuba: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/cuba/education