Cuba
Last updated October 1, 2026
Composite GEFRI Score
Access & Parity is a strength, but Governance lags
Cuba shows progressing readiness to meet the challenges and opportunities of education in a rapidly changing world (50th percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 50th
- Global rank
- #90
- Regional rank
- #12
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Country profile
Cuba shows progressing readiness, with important strengths but continued gaps across the system. Its weakest results are in Governance (26, 15th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Wide gaps between dimensions reveal structural weaknesses that slow coordinated progress.
R&D investment remains modest, affecting long-term innovation potential. Policy execution and regulatory capacity remain weak, leaving reforms fragmented and hard to sustain. Gender parity across secondary pathways reflects sustained commitment to equitable participation.
Infrastructure presents a near-term leapfrog opportunity: performance is just below the global average, backed by enough observed data to support forward planning. Regionally, Governance lags peers the most, signalling where investment could have the highest impact.
Key insights
Places 90th worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 12th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Access & Parity (82.1) to Governance (25.6), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Trails regional peers most clearly in Governance.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score