Education spending in Curacao
Curacao: Education spending was 5.44 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
5.44
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
39th
of 199 countries
All-time high
7.12
in 2020
All-time low
5.12
in 2013
Years of data
14
2011–2024
Education spending in Curacao, 2011–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Curacao recorded 5.44 for education spending 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, education spending in Curacao peaked at 7.12 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.12, 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.
Education spending in Curacao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5.65 | — |
| 2012 | 5.38 | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 5.12 | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 5.95 | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 5.95 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6.23 | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 5.91 | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 5.94 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5.81 | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 7.12 | +22.5% |
| 2021 | 6.18 | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 6.08 | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 5.3 | -12.8% |
| 2024 | 5.44 | +2.7% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 5.44 is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.4, 1.2× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 5.44 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.06, 1.3× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.77 | 5.12 | 6.23 | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.02 | 5.3 | 7.12 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More education data for Curacao
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is education spending in Curacao?
- Education spending in Curacao was 5.44 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest education spending recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 7.12 in 2020.
- What is the lowest education spending recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.12 in 2013.
- How does Curacao rank for education spending?
- Curacao ranks 39th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is education spending 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Education spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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