St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 1.46 percentage points from 21.59% in 2013. Since 2000 it is down 2.31 percentage points from 22.45% in 2000. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% 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 2018, St. Vincent and the Grenadines had the 10th highest value of the 18 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. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2018 ranking

• Rwanda — 7th of 18: 21.67%
• South Africa — 8th of 18: 21.38%
• Costa Rica — 9th of 18: 21.14%
• Colombia — 11th of 18: 17.65%
• Jordan — 12th of 18: 15.59%
• Dominican Republic — 13th of 18: 15.1%

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

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

• Argentina — 20.62% (2017)
• Barbados — 28.04% (2016)
• Belize — 27.32% (2017)
• Brazil — 21.53% (2015)
• Chile — 18.68% (2017)
• Colombia — 17.65% (2018)
• Costa Rica — 21.14% (2018)
• Dominican Republic — 15.1% (2018)
• Ecuador

More education data for St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• 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 — 11,936 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 111.44% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 110.85% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 112.01% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils

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Questions people ask

What is St. Vincent and the Grenadines's government expenditure per student, secondary (% of GDP per capita)?

20.14% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is down 2.31 percentage points from 22.45% in 2000. The highest value was 22.45% in 2000 and the lowest 17.4% in 2007.

How does St. Vincent and the Grenadines rank?

10th highest of 18 economies with data for 2018.

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.SECO.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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