Dominica's government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) was 5.8% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.41 percentage points from 10.21% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.8% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 10.67% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 10.21% | 2015 |
| Highest | 17.11% | 1998 |
| Lowest | 0% | 1989 |
| Average since 2016 | 8.63% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 0% | 1989 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Dominica's government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) fell 1.3 percentage points on 2024 (from 7.09% to 5.8%).
Across the 10 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2024), the average change was −0.88 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.73 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 2.49 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.69 percentage points in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.55 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 64% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Dominica had the 58th highest value of the 58 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dominica | 5.8% | 2025 |
| World | 13.96% | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 16.56% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 15.08% | 2024 |
Closest to Dominica in the 2025 ranking
- Naoero — 54th of 58: 6.65%
- Angola — 55th of 58: 6.52%
- Antigua and Barbuda — 56th of 58: 5.87%
- Timor-Leste — 58th of 58: 4.33%
What this measures
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data on government expenditure on education may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). In addition, definitions and methods of data on total general government expenditure may differ across countries.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 14 values
| Year | Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 7.09 |
| 2023 | 6.41 |
| 2022 | 9.36 |
| 2021 | 7.77 |
| 2020 | 10.67 |
| 2019 | 8.3 |
| 2018 | 8.45 |
| 2017 | 9.75 |
| 2016 | 12.7 |
| 2015 |
Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 5.87% (2025)
- Argentina — 13.22% (2023)
- Aruba — 10.96% (2021)
- Bahamas, The — 10.62% (2025)
- Barbados — 14.19% (2025)
- Belize — 18.9% (2024)
- Bolivia — 20.16% (2024)
- Brazil — 12.93% (2022)
More education data for Dominica
- 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) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 5,427 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97.66% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 97.91% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.41% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.95 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils (% female)
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Questions people ask
- What is Dominica's government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)?
- 5.8% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1989?
- It is up 5.8 percentage points from 0% in 1989. The highest value was 17.11% in 1998 and the lowest 0% in 1989.
- How does Dominica rank?
- 58th highest of 58 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) unusual for Dominica?
- In 2025, Dominica's government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) fell 1.3 percentage points on 2024 (from 7.09% to 5.8%). Across the 10 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2024), the average change was −0.88 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.73 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.TOTL.GB.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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