Barbados vs Cuba: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index
Barbados
1.49 GPIA
in 2025
Cuba
1.5 GPIA
in 2024
Barbados rank
20th
Cuba rank
19th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index over time
- Barbados
- Cuba
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 1.5 GPIA against 1.49 GPIA in Barbados, a difference of 0.01 GPIA.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 20th and Cuba ranks 19th of 191 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Cuba in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8242 GPIA | 0.5659 GPIA | 0.2583 GPIA | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1.09 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 0.0565 GPIA | Cuba |
| 1990s | 1.37 GPIA | 1.26 GPIA | 0.1098 GPIA | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1.57 GPIA | 1.29 GPIA | 0.2776 GPIA | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1.51 GPIA | 1.36 GPIA | 0.1536 GPIA | Barbados |
| 2020s | 1.51 GPIA | 1.47 GPIA | 0.0461 GPIA | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index, Barbados or Cuba?
- Cuba, at 1.5 GPIA against 1.49 GPIA in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index between Barbados and Cuba?
- 0.01 GPIA, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Cuba?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Cuba rank globally for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Barbados ranks 20th and Cuba ranks 19th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release