Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Cuba

Gross tertiary enrolment in Cuba was 43.1% in 2024.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cuba, 2024 43.1% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 −6.6percentage points 2023: 49.7%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Cuba over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period CubaWorld
2024 43.1% 43.6%
2023 49.7% 43.2%
2022 – 42.0%
2021 51.9% 41.1%
2020 46.7% 39.7%
2019 44.8% 38.7%
2018 42.4% 37.9%
2017 41.2% 37.5%
2016 35.1% 37.1%
2015 36.8% 36.6%
2014 40.8% 35.6%
2013 48.0% 33.1%
2012 61.4% 32.3%
2011 78.5% 31.1%
2010 93.5% 29.6%
2009 113.8% 28.3%
2008 117.2% 27.4%
2007 105.0% 26.3%
2006 84.7% 25.7%
2005 60.1% 24.3%
2004 52.4% 23.6%
2003 32.6% 22.8%
2002 27.4% 21.6%
2001 26.1% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.6 percentage points from 49.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 48.0%, the figure has changed by −4.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Cuba
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics