Cuba vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development

Cuba
90.5%
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
17.4%
in 2016
Cuba rank
1st
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
22nd

Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development over time

  • Cuba
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Cuba currently reports 90.5% against 17.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 73.1%.

That makes Cuba's figure about 5.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.

Cuba ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 22nd of 177 countries.

Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 82.1% 2.4% 79.7% Cuba
2010s 85.1% 10.9% 74.2% Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development, Cuba or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Cuba, at 90.5% against 17.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2019.
What is the difference in gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development between Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa?
73.1%, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa?
11 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2016.
How do Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development?
Cuba ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 22nd of 177 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development programmes, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
211 places, 3,062 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total enrollment in early childhood educational development programmes, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official age for early childhood educational development programmes. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.