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

Key figures

Over five years it is up 4.2 percentage points from 23.12% in 2012. Since 1999 it is up 9.34 percentage points from 17.98% 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, secondary (% of GDP per capita) rose 1.21 percentage points on 2016 (from 26.11% to 27.32%).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2016), the average change was +0.77 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 2.63 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.62 percentage points in 2000. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.38 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 37% of the movement over 9 observed years.

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

How it compares

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Closest to Belize in the 2017 ranking

• Mali — 2nd of 8: 25.5%
• Argentina — 3rd of 8: 20.62%
• Cabo Verde — 4th of 8: 19.66%

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

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

• Argentina — 20.62% (2017)
• Barbados — 28.04% (2016)
• 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 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)

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Questions people ask

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

27.32% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 9.34 percentage points from 17.98% in 1999. The highest value was 27.32% in 2017 and the lowest 16.36% in 2000.

Is the latest change in government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) unusual for Belize?

In 2017, Belize's government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita) rose 1.21 percentage points on 2016 (from 26.11% to 27.32%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2016), the average change was +0.77 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.49 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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.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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