Cuba

Latin America & Caribbean · Upper middle income· 10.98M inhabitants

Last updated: September 1, 2025

Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Cuba

Key areas of strength for Cuba: Human Capital (65, 89th percentile). This reflects substantial capacity for education futures readiness and may serve as models for broader policy learning or international benchmarking.

Critical gaps holding back overall readiness: Governance (31, 25th percentile). Addressing weak points should be prioritized, as futures readiness demands robust performance across all GEFRI dimensions, not only in select areas.

Areas of untapped potential: School Access and Gender Parity (73, 60th percentile), Infrastructure (55, 33rd percentile), and Innovation (45, 58th percentile). While these scores are at or near the global average, substantial progress and greater ambition are needed to drive transformation and strengthen the country’s future in education.

Composite GEFRI Score

53.65

53rd percentile

Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity73.28

Above global avg. · 60th %-tile

Human Capital64.78

Above global avg. · 89th %-tile

Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.

Innovation44.93

Near the global average · 58th %-tile

Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.

Governance30.56

Below global avg. · 25th %-tile

Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.

Infrastructure54.72

Near the global average · 33rd %-tile

Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.

Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean

Global rank	Regional rank	Country	Score
34	1	Chile	70.50
39	2	Uruguay	65.21
43	3	Argentina	64.22
—	—	St. Vincent and the Grenadines(microstate)	60.03
—	—	Antigua and Barbuda(microstate)	59.60
—	—	Barbados(microstate)	59.12
64	4	Peru	58.24
—	—	Aruba(microstate)	56.99
—	—	St. Kitts and Nevis(microstate)	55.64
76	5	Colombia	55.51
—	—	Cayman Islands(microstate)	55.46
—	—	Virgin Islands (U.S.)(microstate)	55.26
—	—	Curacao(microstate)	55.04
—	—	Turks and Caicos Islands(microstate)	54.97
79	6	Mexico	54.87
—	—	St. Martin (French part)(microstate)	54.25
81	7	Brazil	53.95
—	—	British Virgin Islands(microstate)	53.86
82	8	Puerto Rico (US)	53.82
85	9	Cuba	53.65
—	—	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)(microstate)	53.11
88	10	Costa Rica	52.63
—	—	St. Lucia(microstate)	51.06
95	11	Ecuador	50.75
99	12	Bolivia	49.89
100	13	Jamaica	49.37
—	—	Grenada(microstate)	49.32
102	14	Panama	49.08
108	15	Dominican Republic	46.77
—	—	Dominica(microstate)	46.51
111	16	Bahamas, The	44.38
113	17	Trinidad and Tobago	44.26
114	18	Paraguay	44.12
116	19	Guyana	42.35
117	20	El Salvador	41.72
119	21	Belize	41.13
121	22	Venezuela, RB	40.86
124	23	Suriname	37.32
130	24	Honduras	33.63
137	25	Guatemala	31.55
138	26	Nicaragua	31.02
161	27	Haiti	23.08