Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

Definition: Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Cuba 49.07 2010
2 Jamaica 21.68 2018
3 Honduras 21.44 2013
4 Costa Rica 20.83 2018
5 Barbados 20.75 2016
6 Puerto Rico 18.54 2014
7 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 17.51 2018
8 Cayman Islands 17.06 2006
9 Belize 16.56 2017
10 Dominican Republic 16.19 2018
11 El Salvador 16.10 2018
12 Trinidad and Tobago 15.10 2009
13 St. Lucia 14.71 2018
14 Dominica 14.64 2015
15 Guatemala 11.88 2018
16 Nicaragua 11.26 2010
17 Grenada 8.18 2017
18 Antigua and Barbuda 8.06 2009
19 Panama 6.25 2011
20 St. Kitts and Nevis 5.22 2015

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Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: General government expenditure per student in primary education is calculated by dividing total government expenditure on primary education by the number of students at primary level, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita. Aggregate data are World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Data on GDP per capita come from the World Bank. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual