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.
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Curacao, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5.6% | — |
| 2012 | 5.4% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 5.1% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 6.0% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6.2% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 5.9% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5.8% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | +22.5% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 6.1% | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | -12.8% |
| 2024 | 5.4% | +2.7% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 5.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.4%, 1.2× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 5.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.1%, 1.3× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.8% | 5.1% | 6.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More education data for Curacao
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Population ages 15-64 68.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.6% (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 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)
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.