Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cuba
Cuba: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 89.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Cuba, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 89.2% for lower secondary completion rate, total in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Cuba peaked at 96.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 1972.
Cuba ranks 93rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 9.5% | — |
| 1972 | 8.9% | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 10.5% | +17.7% |
| 1974 | 12.2% | +15.8% |
| 1975 | 16.1% | +32.2% |
| 1976 | 19.9% | +23.6% |
| 1977 | 24.5% | +23.2% |
| 1978 | 49.9% | +103.6% |
| 1979 | 64.0% | +28.1% |
| 1980 | 77.1% | +20.6% |
| 1981 | 77.4% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 82.4% | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 77.4% | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 76.6% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 74.7% | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 81.5% | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 76.6% | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 80.0% | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 84.1% | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 85.5% | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 89.1% | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 82.7% | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 78.8% | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 79.1% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 75.8% | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 74.7% | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 79.7% | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 81.3% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 93.2% | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 84.6% | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 90.4% | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 92.5% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 91.6% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 96.4% | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 93.6% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 92.6% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 94.6% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 95.1% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 94.8% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 87.5% | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 93.2% | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 92.0% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 91.8% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 87.9% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 86.8% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 90.3% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 91.6% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 91.4% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 91.6% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 88.7% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 88.3% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 89.3% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 89.2% | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +103.6% | 24.5% | 49.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.0% | 8.9% | 64.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 78.8% | 74.7% | 84.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 80.8% | 74.7% | 89.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 92.5% | 84.6% | 96.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.7% | 86.8% | 94.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.4% | 88.3% | 91.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More education data for Cuba
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.72 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.32 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 78,576 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 4,635 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 171,121 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Cuba?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Cuba was 89.2% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 1972.
- How does Cuba rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Cuba ranks 93rd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. 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, total (% 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.