Cuba - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Cuba was 6.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 6.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 6.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 6.00
1971 6.00
1972 6.00
1973 6.00
1974 6.00
1975 6.00
1976 6.00
1977 6.00
1978 6.00
1979 6.00
1980 6.00
1981 6.00
1982 6.00
1983 6.00
1984 6.00
1985 6.00
1986 6.00
1987 6.00
1988 6.00
1989 6.00
1990 6.00
1991 6.00
1992 6.00
1993 6.00
1994 6.00
1995 6.00
1996 6.00
1997 6.00
1998 6.00
1999 6.00
2000 6.00
2001 6.00
2002 6.00
2003 6.00
2004 6.00
2005 6.00
2006 6.00
2007 6.00
2008 6.00
2009 6.00
2010 6.00
2011 6.00
2012 6.00
2013 6.00
2014 6.00
2015 6.00
2016 6.00
2017 6.00
2018 6.00
2019 6.00
2020 6.00
2021 6.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Cuba was 759,803 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,799,857 in 1975 and a minimum value of 733,770 in 2017.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 1,530,376
1972 1,631,187
1973 1,733,208
1974 1,778,724
1975 1,799,857
1976 1,795,752
1977 1,747,738
1978 1,693,942
1979 1,626,386
1980 1,550,323
1981 1,468,538
1982 1,409,765
1983 1,363,078
1984 1,282,989
1985 1,174,453
1986 1,077,213
1987 1,000,971
1988 936,914
1989 899,936
1990 885,576
1991 887,737
1992 917,889
1993 942,431
1994 983,459
1995 1,007,769
1996 1,074,153
1997 1,094,868
1998 1,081,085
1999 1,074,097
2000 1,045,578
2001 1,006,888
2002 971,542
2003 925,335
2004 906,293
2005 895,045
2006 889,834
2007 883,132
2008 871,444
2009 868,477
2010 852,744
2011 828,293
2012 803,194
2013 772,023
2014 763,364
2015 745,733
2016 735,405
2017 733,770
2018 741,269
2019 750,567
2020 759,803

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Cuba was 47.49 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 48.92 in 1971, while its lowest value was 47.12 in 2015.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 48.92
1972 48.70
1973 48.54
1974 48.45
1975 48.22
1976 48.04
1977 47.83
1978 47.48
1979 47.45
1980 47.32
1981 47.54
1982 47.59
1983 47.51
1984 47.61
1985 47.22
1986 47.26
1987 47.20
1988 47.17
1989 47.42
1990 47.77
1991 48.06
1992 48.49
1993 48.59
1994 48.68
1995 48.68
1996 47.99
1997 47.91
1998 47.76
1999 47.82
2000 47.74
2001 47.74
2002 47.76
2003 47.74
2004 47.65
2005 47.76
2006 47.90
2007 47.92
2008 48.04
2009 48.09
2010 48.09
2011 48.09
2012 48.14
2013 48.21
2014 47.32
2015 47.12
2016 47.32
2017 47.29
2018 47.49

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Cuba was 84,629 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 93,758 in 2001 and a minimum value of 56,555 in 1971.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 56,555
1972 57,110
1973 60,132
1974 67,891
1975 74,237
1976 77,472
1977 80,845
1978 86,253
1979 86,738
1980 86,519
1981 84,041
1982 83,113
1983 83,358
1984 83,424
1985 79,610
1986 77,111
1987 75,273
1988 73,874
1989 73,216
1990 71,887
1991 70,962
1992 74,354
1993 76,161
1994 76,193
1995 74,225
1996 90,565
1997 92,820
1998 91,310
1999 91,220
2000 90,920
2001 93,758
2003 86,641
2004 88,498
2005 86,827
2006 89,181
2007 91,530
2008 90,677
2009 92,016
2010 93,414
2011 90,918
2012 88,699
2013 85,202
2014 84,209
2015 83,798
2016 84,101
2017 83,125
2018 80,922
2019 80,503
2020 84,629

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Cuba was 82.46 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 91.69 in 1998, while its lowest value was 63.93 in 1974.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1974 63.93
1975 64.12
1976 71.69
1979 73.32
1980 74.08
1981 75.37
1982 76.72
1983 76.43
1984 76.84
1985 77.44
1986 76.98
1987 77.51
1988 77.59
1989 78.06
1990 78.00
1991 78.90
1992 77.83
1993 77.99
1994 78.28
1995 81.22
1996 80.19
1997 81.19
1998 91.69
1999 78.62
2000 83.23
2001 83.34
2003 77.74
2004 76.91
2005 77.66
2006 77.08
2007 76.18
2008 76.56
2009 77.85
2010 77.79
2011 78.07
2012 78.47
2013 79.86
2014 79.84
2015 81.91
2016 80.75
2017 80.61
2018 80.70
2019 80.58
2020 82.46

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes