School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cuba

Cuba: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9878 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9878 GPI
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
137th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.04 GPI
in 1999
All-time low
0.7554 GPI
in 1994
Years of data
48
1971–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cuba, 1971–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cuba stood at 0.9878 GPI.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cuba peaked at 1.04 GPI in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.7554 GPI, in 1994.

Cuba ranks 137th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cuba, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Cuba, 1971 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1971 0.9931 GPI —
1972 0.9868 GPI -0.6%
1973 0.9825 GPI -0.4%
1974 0.9921 GPI +1.0%
1975 0.9891 GPI -0.3%
1976 0.9786 GPI -1.1%
1977 0.9835 GPI +0.5%
1978 1 GPI +2.0%
1979 0.9923 GPI -1.1%
1980 1.01 GPI +1.9%
1981 1.01 GPI -0.4%
1982 1.01 GPI +0.1%
1983 0.9977 GPI -1.1%
1984 0.9904 GPI -0.7%
1985 0.9877 GPI -0.3%
1986 0.8057 GPI -18.4%
1987 0.7898 GPI -2.0%
1988 0.825 GPI +4.5%
1989 0.8124 GPI -1.5%
1990 0.8168 GPI +0.6%
1991 0.8208 GPI +0.5%
1992 0.7927 GPI -3.4%
1993 0.7996 GPI +0.9%
1994 0.7554 GPI -5.5%
1995 1.01 GPI +33.9%
1996 0.9963 GPI -1.5%
1997 0.9954 GPI -0.1%
1998 1.02 GPI +2.9%
1999 1.04 GPI +1.5%
2000 1.03 GPI -1.0%
2001 1.02 GPI -0.9%
2002 1.02 GPI +0.1%
2003 0.9843 GPI -3.6%
2004 0.9854 GPI +0.1%
2005 0.9826 GPI -0.3%
2006 0.9833 GPI +0.1%
2007 0.9876 GPI +0.4%
2008 0.9997 GPI +1.2%
2009 0.9896 GPI -1.0%
2010 0.9892 GPI -0.0%
2011 0.9925 GPI +0.3%
2013 0.9663 GPI -2.6%
2014 1.01 GPI +4.5%
2015 1.01 GPI +0.1%
2016 1.03 GPI +2.0%
2017 0.9997 GPI -3.0%
2018 1 GPI +0.4%
2019 0.9878 GPI -1.6%

Cuba compared with similar countries

  • Cuba's 0.9878 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.02 GPI, 97% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Cuba's 0.9878 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.02 GPI, 97% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index 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.

YearChange FromTo
1995 +33.9% 0.7554 GPI 1.01 GPI

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.989 GPI 0.9786 GPI 1 GPI 9
1980s 0.9236 GPI 0.7898 GPI 1.01 GPI 10
1990s 0.9054 GPI 0.7554 GPI 1.04 GPI 10
2000s 0.9983 GPI 0.9826 GPI 1.03 GPI 10
2010s 0.9989 GPI 0.9663 GPI 1.03 GPI 9

Countries ranked near Cuba

  1. 134 Ireland 0.9899 GPI compare
  2. 135 Estonia 0.9893 GPI compare
  3. 136 Portugal 0.989 GPI compare
  4. 138 Lebanon 0.9872 GPI compare
  5. 139 Barbados 0.9867 GPI compare
  6. 140 Papua New Guinea 0.9841 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cuba?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Cuba was 0.9878 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Cuba?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPI in 1999.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Cuba?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7554 GPI in 1994.
How does Cuba rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Cuba ranks 137th out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cuba?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cuba data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
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Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.