Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Saint Lucia, 1982–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Saint Lucia stood at 3.8%.
That represents a change of up 40.3% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Saint Lucia peaked at 6.5% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2023.
Saint Lucia ranks 112th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.8% | 5.4% | 6.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.1% | 5.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 3.3% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 2.7% | 5.9% | 5 |
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More education data for Saint Lucia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 72.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,067 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.39 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Saint Lucia?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Saint Lucia was 3.8% 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.5% in 1994.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2023.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Saint Lucia ranks 112th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.