Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cuba
Cuba: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female was 10.78 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cuba, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 10.78 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cuba peaked at 10.78 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.75, in 1960.
That places Cuba 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.75 | — |
| 1965 | 5.84 | +22.9% |
| 1970 | 6.54 | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 7.75 | +18.5% |
| 1980 | 9.87 | +27.4% |
| 1985 | 10.44 | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 10.23 | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 9.15 | -10.6% |
| 2000 | 9.25 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 10.14 | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 10.78 | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.29 | 4.75 | 5.84 | 2 |
| 1970s | 7.14 | 6.54 | 7.75 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.15 | 9.87 | 10.44 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.69 | 9.15 | 10.23 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.7 | 9.25 | 10.14 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.78 | 10.78 | 10.78 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 16 Iceland 10.86 compare
- 17 Iran, Islamic Republic of 10.85 compare
- 19 United States of America 10.67 compare
- 20 Ireland 10.63 compare
- 21 Belize 10.59 compare
More education data for Cuba
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 162,406 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 662,491 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 698,052 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0636 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 698,052 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cuba?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Cuba was 10.78 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 10.78 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.75 in 1960.
- How does Cuba rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Cuba ranks 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of education completed among females age 15-19.