Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cuba
Cuba: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 8.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cuba, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2022, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cuba stood at 8.4%.
That represents a change of down 10.1% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cuba peaked at 14.1% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 1994.
That places Cuba 6th out of 199 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.4% | 8.4% | 8.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 6.6% | 5.6% | 7.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 10.5% | 7.7% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.8% | 8.0% | 12.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 9.8% | 8.4% | 11.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 3 Micronesia (country) 11.6% compare
- 4 Namibia 9.1% compare
- 5 Algeria 9.0% compare
- 7 Solomon Islands 8.3% compare
- 8 Botswana 8.1% compare
- 9 Marshall Islands 7.7% compare
More education data for Cuba
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 82,575 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.45 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cuba?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cuba was 8.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 14.1% in 2008.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 1994.
- How does Cuba rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Cuba ranks 6th out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.