Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Grenada
Grenada: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 5.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Grenada, 2003–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Grenada recorded 5.1% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is up 26.9% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Grenada peaked at 5.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 2017.
Grenada ranks 62nd of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.2% | 5.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 4.0% | 5.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
More education data for Grenada
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 110.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 620 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.47 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Grenada?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Grenada was 5.1% 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 Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5% in 2011.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 2017.
- How does Grenada rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Grenada ranks 62nd out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Grenada 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.