Barbados vs Ghana: Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total
Barbados
9.0%
in 2022
Ghana
4.3%
in 2010
Barbados rank
8th
Ghana rank
11th
Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total over time
- Barbados
- Ghana
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 9.0% against 4.3% in Ghana, a difference of 4.7%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 2.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 8th and Ghana ranks 11th of 44 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total, Barbados or Ghana?
- Barbados, at 9.0% against 4.3% in Ghana as of 2022.
- What is the difference in expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total between Barbados and Ghana?
- 4.7%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Ghana?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2009.
- How do Barbados and Ghana rank globally for expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total?
- Barbados ranks 8th and Ghana ranks 11th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total expenditure in secondary public institutions (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release