St. Kitts and Nevis's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) was US$13.74 million in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 50.06% from US$27.5 million in 2011 (6.71% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$13.74 million | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | US$33.57 million | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | US$27.5 million | 2011 |
| Highest | US$33.57 million | 2016 |
| Lowest | US$2.26 million | 1977 |
| Average since 2012 | US$27.08 million | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | US$2.26 million |
What the numbers say
In 2021, St. Kitts and Nevis' adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) fell 21.7% on 2020 (from US$17.53 million to US$13.74 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +4.6% and a typical year strayed about 14.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 51.4% in 1982 and the biggest yearly fall was 32.5% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$1.48 million a year. A straight line explains 48% 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 2021, St. Kitts and Nevis had the 179th highest value of the 179 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 St. Kitts and Nevis in the 2021 ranking
- Guinea-Bissau — 176th of 179: US$19.03 million
- São Tomé and Principe — 177th of 179: US$18.53 million
- Tonga — 178th of 179: US$14.52 million
What this measures
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 45 values
| Year | Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 13,736,001 |
| 2020 | 17,534,885 |
| 2019 | 25,986,646 |
| 2018 | 28,575,211 |
| 2017 | 31,870,639 |
| 2016 | 33,570,298 |
| 2015 | 31,324,417 |
| 2014 | 30,867,797 |
| 2013 | 29,786,726 |
| 2012 | 27,567,896 |
Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — US$32.73 million (2021)
- Argentina — US$24.06 billion (2021)
- Aruba — US$174.47 million (2021)
- Bahamas, The — US$401.76 million (2021)
- Barbados — US$302.46 million (2021)
- Belize — US$154.23 million (2021)
- Bolivia — US$2.39 billion (2021)
- Brazil — US$93.09 billion (2021)
- Chile — US$16.51 billion (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for St. Kitts and Nevis
- GDP (current US$) — US$1.18 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 3.2 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$25,223 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 68,102 (2025)
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 1.63% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, consumption of fixed capital (current US$) — US$110.97 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$15.26 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is St. Kitts and Nevis's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$)?
- US$13.74 million in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is up 508.5% from US$2.26 million in 1977 (4.19% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$33.57 million in 2016 and the lowest US$2.26 million in 1977.
- How does St. Kitts and Nevis rank?
- 179th highest of 179 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) unusual for St. Kitts and Nevis?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.AEDU.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 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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