Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Bahamas
Bahamas: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Bahamas, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bahamas stood at 2.7%.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bahamas peaked at 3.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2000.
That places Bahamas 162nd out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 2.6% | 3.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More education data for Bahamas
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,497 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.37 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 91.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bahamas?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Bahamas was 2.7% in 2023, 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 Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2000.
- How does Bahamas rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Bahamas ranks 162nd out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas 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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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.