School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cuba

Cuba: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity was 0.9554 GPI in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.9554 GPI
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
161st
of 188 countries
All-time high
0.9882 GPI
in 1997
All-time low
0.9459 GPI
in 2015
Years of data
23
1996–2019

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cuba, 1996–2019

00.20.40.60.811996200720191996: 0.987 GPI1997: 0.988 GPI1999: 0.965 GPI2000: 0.963 GPI2001: 0.96 GPI2002: 0.968 GPI2003: 0.97 GPI2004: 0.973 GPI2005: 0.976 GPI2006: 0.982 GPI2007: 0.981 GPI2008: 0.979 GPI2009: 0.979 GPI2010: 0.979 GPI2011: 0.979 GPI2012: 0.981 GPI2013: 0.983 GPI2014: 0.951 GPI2015: 0.946 GPI2016: 0.954 GPI2017: 0.948 GPI2018: 0.951 GPI2019: 0.955 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

In 2019, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cuba stood at 0.9554 GPI.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cuba peaked at 0.9882 GPI in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.9459 GPI, in 2015.

Cuba ranks 161st of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cuba, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI) in Cuba, 1996 to 2019.
Year GPI Change
1996 0.9871 GPI —
1997 0.9882 GPI +0.1%
1999 0.9647 GPI -2.4%
2000 0.9629 GPI -0.2%
2001 0.9604 GPI -0.3%
2002 0.9679 GPI +0.8%
2003 0.9701 GPI +0.2%
2004 0.9726 GPI +0.2%
2005 0.9762 GPI +0.4%
2006 0.9817 GPI +0.6%
2007 0.9808 GPI -0.1%
2008 0.9794 GPI -0.1%
2009 0.9785 GPI -0.1%
2010 0.9786 GPI +0.0%
2011 0.9789 GPI +0.0%
2012 0.9814 GPI +0.3%
2013 0.9826 GPI +0.1%
2014 0.951 GPI -3.2%
2015 0.9459 GPI -0.5%
2016 0.9539 GPI +0.8%
2017 0.9481 GPI -0.6%
2018 0.9507 GPI +0.3%
2019 0.9554 GPI +0.5%

Cuba compared with similar countries

  • Cuba's 0.9554 GPI is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9918 GPI, 96% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Cuba's 0.9554 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9891 GPI, 97% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.98 GPI 0.9647 GPI 0.9882 GPI 3
2000s 0.9731 GPI 0.9604 GPI 0.9817 GPI 10
2010s 0.9626 GPI 0.9459 GPI 0.9826 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Cuba

  1. 158 Laos 0.9609 GPI compare
  2. 159 Guatemala 0.9601 GPI compare
  3. 160 Cape Verde 0.9579 GPI compare
  4. 162 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9537 GPI compare
  5. 163 Peru 0.9513 GPI compare
  6. 164 Tuvalu 0.9483 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cuba?
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity in Cuba was 0.9554 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Cuba?
The highest recorded value was 0.9882 GPI in 1997.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity recorded in Cuba?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9459 GPI in 2015.
How does Cuba rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity?
Cuba ranks 161st out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity rising or falling in Cuba?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Cuba data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,492 data points, 1981–2020
Last refreshed

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.