Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

Definition: Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Haiti 58.92 1991
2 Dominican Republic 58.68 2007
3 Guatemala 55.60 2018
4 Honduras 48.90 2013
5 El Salvador 46.16 2018
6 Cayman Islands 45.97 2006
7 Dominica 45.83 2015
8 Antigua and Barbuda 41.61 2009
9 Nicaragua 39.81 2010
10 Trinidad and Tobago 39.18 2003
11 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 36.90 2018
12 St. Lucia 35.07 2018
13 Jamaica 34.16 2018
14 Belize 31.38 2017
15 Grenada 31.32 2017
16 Barbados 29.61 2016
17 Cuba 29.04 2010
18 Costa Rica 28.67 2018
19 Panama 23.47 2011
20 Puerto Rico 22.00 2014
21 St. Kitts and Nevis 21.38 2015

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Development Relevance: The share of government expenditure for a specific education level allows an assessment of the priority a government assigns to a level of education relative to other levels. Enrolment and the relative costs per student between different levels of education should be also taken into account.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

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: The share of expenditure on primary education to total government expenditure on education is calculated by dividing government expenditure on primary education by total government expenditure on education (all levels combined), and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on 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. 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