Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total in Cuba
Cuba: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total was 10.77 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total in Cuba, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 10.77 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total in Cuba peaked at 10.77 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4.21, in 1960.
That places Cuba 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top 10%.
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, total in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.21 | — |
| 1965 | 4.86 | +15.4% |
| 1970 | 6.03 | +24.1% |
| 1975 | 7.7 | +27.7% |
| 1980 | 9.75 | +26.6% |
| 1985 | 10.28 | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 10.1 | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 9.04 | -10.5% |
| 2000 | 9.04 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10.08 | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 10.77 | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.54 | 4.21 | 4.86 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6.87 | 6.03 | 7.7 | 2 |
| 1980s | 10.02 | 9.75 | 10.28 | 2 |
| 1990s | 9.57 | 9.04 | 10.1 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.56 | 9.04 | 10.08 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.77 | 10.77 | 10.77 | 1 |
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More education data for Cuba
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 82,575 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total in Cuba?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total in Cuba was 10.77 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, total recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 10.77 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.21 in 1960.
- How does Cuba rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total?
- Cuba ranks 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, total rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. 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, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15-19, total is the average years of education completed among people age 15-19.