Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cuba
Cuba: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 17.0% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cuba, 2012–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 17.0% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2022. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cuba peaked at 17.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 2018.
That places Cuba 34th out of 170 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cuba, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 16.5% | — |
| 2013 | 16.5% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 15.8% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 14.9% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 13.6% | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | +17.1% |
| 2021 | 16.0% | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.9% | 12.7% | 16.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 16.5% | 16.0% | 17.0% | 3 |
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More education data for Cuba
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 98.11 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 98.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cuba?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Cuba was 17.0% in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 17.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2018.
- How does Cuba rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Cuba ranks 34th out of 170 countries with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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