Government expenditure per student, secondary (% 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 51.86 2010
2 Jamaica 29.73 2018
3 Barbados 28.04 2016
4 Belize 27.32 2017
5 Cayman Islands 23.94 2006
6 St. Lucia 22.74 2018
7 Costa Rica 21.14 2018
8 Honduras 20.34 2013
9 Puerto Rico 20.18 2014
10 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 20.14 2018
11 Dominica 18.78 2015
12 St. Kitts and Nevis 17.55 2016
13 Dominican Republic 15.10 2018
14 El Salvador 15.08 2018
15 Grenada 10.89 2017
16 Antigua and Barbuda 9.81 2011
17 Panama 9.19 2011
18 Nicaragua 7.43 2010
19 Guatemala 5.42 2018

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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 secondary education is calculated by dividing total government expenditure on secondary education by the number of students at secondary 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