Jamaica's government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) was 36.59% in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 21.76 percentage points from 58.35% in 2005.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 36.59% | 2015 |
| Five years earlier | 54.53% | 2010 |
| Ten years earlier | 58.35% | 2005 |
| Highest | 71.69% | 2001 |
| Lowest | 33.02% | 2003 |
| Average since 2008 | 46.03% | 2008–2015 |
| First recorded | 71.69% | 2001 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 20.17 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 27.65 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Closest to Jamaica in the 2015 ranking
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 12 values
| Year | Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 36.59 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 42.04 |
| 2012 | 38.75 |
| 2011 | 49.44 |
| 2010 | 54.53 |
| 2009 | 56.84 |
| 2008 | 44.05 |
| 2007 | no data |
| 2006 | no data |
| 2005 |
Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies
More education data for Jamaica
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 211,097 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 97.08% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.5% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 177,095 (2024)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 84.46% (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Jamaica's government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)?
- 36.59% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2001?
- It is down 35.1 percentage points from 71.69% in 2001. The highest value was 71.69% in 2001 and the lowest 33.02% in 2003.
- 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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