Cuba — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Cuba, 1980–2022.
Education spending for Cuba was 8.44% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 28 years, from 1980 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 14.06% in 2008. The lowest was 5.62% in 1994 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.02% per year.
Cuba ranks 5 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Cuba sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 40% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 27%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 1 of 36 economies; Bolivia (7.54%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 31% in 2007. That is 11% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 1st of 63 in 1980 → 6th of 116 in 2000 → 1st of 130 in 2010 → 3rd of 157 in 2020 → 4th of 150 in 2022.
Key figures
Full history — 1980 to 2022
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.44% | -0.9 pp |
| 2021 | 9.39% | -2.1 pp |
| 2020 | 11.52% | +2.5 pp |
| 2019 | 9.05% | +1.0 pp |
| 2018 | 8.02% | -0.4 pp |
| 2017 | 8.44% | -0.6 pp |
| 2016 | 9.01% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 8.96% | -0.6 pp |
| 2014 | 9.61% | -1.1 pp |
| 2013 | 10.67% | -0.9 pp |
| 2012 | 11.55% | -1.3 pp |
| 2010 | 12.84% | -0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 13.12% | -0.9 pp |
| 2008 | 14.06% | +2.2 pp |
| 2007 | 11.87% | +2.8 pp |
| 2006 | 9.06% | -1.5 pp |
| 2005 | 10.56% | +0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 10.27% | +0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 9.94% | +0.4 pp |
| 2002 | 9.57% | +1.2 pp |
| 2001 | 8.36% | +0.7 pp |
| 2000 | 7.7% | +0.9 pp |
| 1999 | 6.76% | +0.5 pp |
| 1998 | 6.21% | +0.6 pp |
| 1994 | 5.62% | -1.5 pp |
| 1993 | 7.07% | -0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 7.14% | -1.2 pp |
| 1980 | 8.37% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cuba’s Education spending in 1991?
7.14% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Cuba’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1980 and 2022 the series was growing overall: +0.9% in total.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2022: 8.44%; 2021: 9.39%; 2020: 11.52%; 2019: 9.05%; 2018: 8.02%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.