Cuba
Last updated August 4, 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 (51st percentile worldwide). Reforms are translating into broader capability, though uneven performance continues to slow system-wide alignment.
- Global percentile
- 51st
- Global rank
- #88
- Regional rank
- #11
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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 (32, 28th percentile). These gaps continue to weigh on overall readiness.
Uneven scores across dimensions show where readiness conditions are less aligned.
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, Cuba leads most clearly in School Access and Gender Parity, sitting well above the peer average.
Key insights
Places 88th worldwide.
Holds a regional position of 11th within Latin America & Caribbean.
Scores range from Access & Parity (82.1) to Governance (31.5), reflecting variation across dimensions.
Leads regional peers most clearly in Access & Parity.
Regional peers: Latin America & Caribbean
Composite GEFRI Score