Barbados: Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

Since 1999 it is up 10.61 percentage points from 17.43% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4.97 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.27 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2016, Barbados had the 3rd highest value of the 30 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Barbados in the 2016 ranking

• Cyprus — 1st of 30: 39.29%
• Austria — 3rd of 30: 27.72%
• Norway — 4th of 30: 26.79%
• Latvia — 5th of 30: 26.43%

What this measures

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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 13 values

Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 20.62% (2017)
• Belize — 27.32% (2017)
• Brazil — 21.53% (2015)
• Chile — 18.68% (2017)
• Colombia — 17.65% (2018)
• Costa Rica — 21.14% (2018)
• Dominican Republic — 15.1% (2018)
• Ecuador — 5.29% (2016)
• El Salvador

More education data for Barbados

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 16,314 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 83.94% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 83.04% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 84.8% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 18,457 (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 104.37% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Barbados's government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)?

28.04% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 10.61 percentage points from 17.43% in 1999. The highest value was 28.04% in 2016 and the lowest 17.43% in 1999.

How does Barbados rank?

3rd highest of 30 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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