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

Key figures

Over five years it is up 3.65 percentage points from 23.67% in 2012. Since 2004 it is down 8.28 percentage points from 35.59% in 2004. The World Bank has no value for 4 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 9% 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 7th highest value of the 17 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 Belize in the 2017 ranking

• Togo — 4th of 17: 77.17%
• Cabo Verde — 5th of 17: 38.32%
• Ukraine — 6th of 17: 34.47%
• Uruguay — 8th of 17: 25.39%
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 9th of 17: 24.16%
• Chile — 10th of 17: 20.26%

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 10 values

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

• Argentina — 16.91% (2017)
• Aruba — 100.24% (2016)
• Brazil — 33.04% (2015)
• Chile — 20.26% (2017)
• Colombia — 21.64% (2018)
• El Salvador — 11.13% (2018)
• Jamaica — 36.59% (2015)
• Mexico — 29.66% (2016)
• Uruguay

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, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)?

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

How has it changed since 2004?

It is down 8.28 percentage points from 35.59% in 2004. The highest value was 35.59% in 2004 and the lowest 23.67% in 2012.

How does Belize rank?

7th highest of 17 economies with data for 2017.

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.TERT.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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