Cuba vs Malaysia: Share of population with no formal education
Cuba
2.0%
in 2020
Malaysia
2.2%
in 2020
Cuba rank
66th
Malaysia rank
65th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Cuba
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 2.2% against 2.0% in Cuba, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Cuba's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Cuba ranks 66th and Malaysia ranks 65th of 111 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 96.4% | 99.6% | 3.2% | Malaysia |
| 1880s | 94.3% | 99.2% | 4.9% | Malaysia |
| 1890s | 90.5% | 98.6% | 8.1% | Malaysia |
| 1900s | 74.0% | 96.3% | 22.3% | Malaysia |
| 1910s | 57.6% | 90.2% | 32.5% | Malaysia |
| 1920s | 44.6% | 83.0% | 38.4% | Malaysia |
| 1930s | 32.3% | 72.3% | 40.0% | Malaysia |
| 1940s | 26.8% | 64.2% | 37.5% | Malaysia |
| 1950s | 23.2% | 55.9% | 32.6% | Malaysia |
| 1960s | 19.4% | 44.8% | 25.4% | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 9.7% | 31.4% | 21.7% | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 4.5% | 21.5% | 17.0% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 6.8% | 13.3% | 6.5% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 7.9% | 2.1% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 3.8% | 0.6% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 2.2% | 0.2% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Cuba or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 2.2% against 2.0% in Cuba as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Cuba and Malaysia?
- 0.2%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Malaysia?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Cuba and Malaysia rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Cuba ranks 66th and Malaysia ranks 65th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population with no formal education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of adults aged between 15 and 64 years old with no formal education.