Cuba vs Malaysia: Share of the population with tertiary education
Cuba
29.5%
in 2020
Malaysia
26.5%
in 2020
Cuba rank
27th
Malaysia rank
30th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Cuba
- Malaysia
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 29.5% against 26.5% in Malaysia, a difference of 3.0%.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Malaysia ahead.
Cuba ranks 27th and Malaysia ranks 30th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 14 and Malaysia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Cuba |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Cuba |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Cuba |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Cuba |
| 1910s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Cuba |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Cuba |
| 1930s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Cuba |
| 1940s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Cuba |
| 1950s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0.2% | Cuba |
| 1960s | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.4% | Cuba |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | Cuba |
| 1980s | 5.6% | 3.1% | 2.5% | Cuba |
| 1990s | 8.6% | 8.4% | 0.2% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 10.3% | 10.9% | 0.6% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 17.6% | 20.1% | 2.6% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 29.5% | 26.5% | 3.0% | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Cuba or Malaysia?
- Cuba, at 29.5% against 26.5% in Malaysia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Cuba and Malaysia?
- 3.0%, with Cuba 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 the population with tertiary education?
- Cuba ranks 27th and Malaysia ranks 30th 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 the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.