Belize's government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) was 16.56% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.52 percentage points from 15.04% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 16.56% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 15.04% | 2012 |
| Highest | 18.25% | 2010 |
| Lowest | 12.43% | 2004 |
| Average since 2008 | 16.13% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 16.87% | 1999 |
Over five years it is up 1.52 percentage points from 15.04% in 2012. Since 1999 it is down 0.31 percentage points from 16.87% 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
In 2017, Belize's government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) rose 0.33 percentage points on 2016 (from 16.23% to 16.56%).
Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2016), the average change was +0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.03 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.15 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.24 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Belize had the 4th highest value of the 10 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Belize | 16.56% | 2017 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 15.22% | 2016 |
Closest to Belize in the 2017 ranking
- Chile — 1st of 10: 18.39%
- Cabo Verde — 2nd of 10: 16.66%
- Malaysia — 4th of 10: 16.14%
- Argentina — 5th of 10: 14.98%
- Mongolia — 6th of 10: 14.11%
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 14 values
| Year | Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.56 |
| 2016 | 16.23 |
| 2015 | 15.11 |
| 2014 | 16.35 |
| 2013 | 16.11 |
| 2012 | 15.04 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | 18.25 |
| 2009 | 16.1 |
| 2008 | 15.48 |
| 2007 |
Government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 14.98% (2017)
- Brazil — 20.06% (2015)
- Chile — 18.39% (2017)
- Colombia — 16.99% (2018)
- Costa Rica — 20.83% (2018)
- Dominican Republic — 16.19% (2018)
- Ecuador — 9.51% (2016)
- El Salvador — 16.1% (2018)
- Guatemala
More education data for Belize
- 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) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 44,757 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 96.48% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.07% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 96.88% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.96 (2021)
- School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Belize's government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita)?
- 16.56% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is down 0.31 percentage points from 16.87% in 1999. The highest value was 18.25% in 2010 and the lowest 12.43% in 2004.
- How does Belize rank?
- 4th highest of 10 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) unusual for Belize?
- In 2017, Belize's government expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) rose 0.33 percentage points on 2016 (from 16.23% to 16.56%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2016), the average change was +0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.03 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.PRIM.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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