Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Aruba
Aruba: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Aruba, 1998–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2021, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Aruba stood at 3.6%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 18.4% on the previous year and down 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Aruba peaked at 6.8% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2021.
Aruba ranks 122nd of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 4.4% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 1 |
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More education data for Aruba
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.5% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 107.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 628 (2016)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.61 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Aruba?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Aruba was 3.6% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Aruba?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2010.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Aruba?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2021.
- How does Aruba rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Aruba ranks 122nd out of 199 countries with data for 2021.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Aruba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Aruba data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.