Cuba vs Portugal: Share of population with no formal education
Cuba
2.0%
in 2020
Portugal
2.4%
in 2020
Cuba rank
66th
Portugal rank
64th
Share of population with no formal education over time
- Cuba
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 2.4% against 2.0% in Cuba, a difference of 0.4%.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 64th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 6 and Portugal in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 96.4% | 89.2% | 7.2% | Cuba |
| 1880s | 94.3% | 83.1% | 11.2% | Cuba |
| 1890s | 90.5% | 75.1% | 15.4% | Cuba |
| 1900s | 74.0% | 68.7% | 5.3% | Cuba |
| 1910s | 57.6% | 65.2% | 7.6% | Portugal |
| 1920s | 44.6% | 59.2% | 14.6% | Portugal |
| 1930s | 32.3% | 55.4% | 23.1% | Portugal |
| 1940s | 26.8% | 49.5% | 22.8% | Portugal |
| 1950s | 23.2% | 42.0% | 18.7% | Portugal |
| 1960s | 19.4% | 35.8% | 16.4% | Portugal |
| 1970s | 9.7% | 29.2% | 19.5% | Portugal |
| 1980s | 4.5% | 13.0% | 8.6% | Portugal |
| 1990s | 6.8% | 6.2% | 0.5% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 3.9% | 2.0% | Cuba |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 3.2% | 0.1% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 2.4% | 0.4% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population with no formal education, Cuba or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 2.4% against 2.0% in Cuba as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of population with no formal education between Cuba and Portugal?
- 0.4%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Portugal?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Cuba and Portugal rank globally for share of population with no formal education?
- Cuba ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 64th 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.