British Virgin Islands: Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is down 21.36 percentage points from 51.22% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 37 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2017, British Virgin Islands had the 11th highest value of the 14 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 British Virgin Islands in the 2017 ranking

• Mongolia — 8th of 14: 32.22%
• Bermuda — 9th of 14: 32.16%
• Belize — 10th of 14: 31.38%
• Argentina — 12th of 14: 29.59%
• Chile — 13th of 14: 27.91%
• Uruguay — 14th of 14: 23.12%

What this measures

Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Limitations: Data disaggregated by level of education are estimates in some instances. It is often difficult to separate lower from upper secondary education expenditure, or pre-primary from primary.

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

All 11 values

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) in nearby economies

• Argentina — 29.59% (2017)
• Aruba — 27.53% (2016)
• Barbados — 29.61% (2016)
• Belize — 31.38% (2017)
• Brazil — 25.62% (2015)
• Chile — 27.91% (2017)
• Colombia — 32.71% (2018)
• Costa Rica — 28.67% (2018)

More education data for British Virgin Islands

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 1,626 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 72.78% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 73.55% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 72.03% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 2,300 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is British Virgin Islands's expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)?

29.86% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 21.36 percentage points from 51.22% in 1970. The highest value was 55.69% in 1971 and the lowest 16.56% in 2015.

How does British Virgin Islands rank?

11th highest of 14 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.PRIM.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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