Lower secondary completion rate, male in Cuba
Cuba: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 88.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Cuba, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 88.1% for lower secondary completion rate, male in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Cuba peaked at 96.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 1971.
Cuba ranks 91st of 187 countries on this measure, 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, male in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 7.2% | — |
| 1972 | 7.8% | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 76.5% | +875.8% |
| 2000 | 88.4% | +15.5% |
| 2001 | 82.0% | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 87.1% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 90.7% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 90.0% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 96.0% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 92.6% | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 91.7% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 94.6% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 96.0% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 95.1% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 86.7% | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 92.3% | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 90.3% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 90.5% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 87.0% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 85.2% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 88.3% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 90.3% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 90.4% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 87.9% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 87.7% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 88.7% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 88.1% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.5% | 7.2% | 7.8% | 2 |
| 1990s | 76.5% | 76.5% | 76.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 90.9% | 82.0% | 96.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.6% | 85.2% | 95.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.1% | 87.7% | 88.7% | 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, male in Cuba?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Cuba was 88.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 96.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 1971.
- How does Cuba rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Cuba ranks 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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, male (% 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.