Lower secondary completion rate, female in Cuba
Cuba: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 90.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Cuba, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, female in Cuba is 90.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Cuba peaked at 98.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 1972.
That places Cuba 96th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 12.0% | — |
| 1972 | 10.1% | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 86.3% | +758.3% |
| 2000 | 98.3% | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 87.4% | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 93.9% | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 94.3% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 93.3% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 96.9% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 94.5% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 93.6% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 94.7% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 94.2% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 94.6% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 88.3% | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 94.1% | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 93.7% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 93.1% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 88.8% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 88.4% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 92.4% | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 92.9% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 92.5% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 89.4% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 89.9% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 90.4% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.0% | 10.1% | 12.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 86.3% | 86.3% | 86.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.1% | 87.4% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.9% | 88.3% | 94.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.7% | 89.0% | 90.4% | 4 |
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More education data for Cuba
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -16.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 66,944 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,631 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 178,118 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -15.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 94,398 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -19.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Cuba?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Cuba was 90.4% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 2000.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 1972.
- How does Cuba rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Cuba ranks 96th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.