Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Curacao
Curacao: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 5.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Curacao, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Curacao recorded 5.4% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Curacao peaked at 7.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2013.
That places Curacao 39th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.8% | 5.1% | 6.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 5 |
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More education data for Curacao
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.07 live births per woman (2024)
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.07 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.07 live births per woman (2023)
- School age population, lower secondary education, male 2,175 number (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Curacao?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Curacao was 5.4% in 2024, 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 Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 7.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 2013.
- How does Curacao rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Curacao ranks 39th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao 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.