Government expenditure on education in North America

26 countries in North America, 2023. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
6.5 %
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median country
3.4 %
half above, half below
World
3.6 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
1.0 to 6.5
Haiti - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

How to read it

Across 26 countries in North America, the highest value is in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6.5 %) and the lowest in Haiti (1.0 %).

The median country is at 3.4 %: half are above, half below.

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

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Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through… · via World Bank WDI (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS) · licence

Education spending over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6.5
2Jamaica5.7
3Costa Rica5.3
4Curaçao5.3
5Grenada5.1
6Dominica4.7
7Honduras4.5
8Puerto Rico4.3
9Belize4.2
10Sint Maarten3.9
11Barbados3.8
12Dominican Republic3.8
13Saint Kitts and Nevis3.5
14Trinidad and Tobago3.2
15El Salvador3.2
16British Virgin Islands3.2
17Guatemala3.1
18Antigua and Barbuda3.1
19Nicaragua2.9
20Saint Lucia2.7
21Bahamas2.7
22Turks and Caicos Islands2.7
23Panama2.5
24Bermuda1.9
25Cayman Islands1.6
26Haiti1.0
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