Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government was 12.7% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in UIS calculation.
Analysis
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 12.7% for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 20.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 2025.
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 23rd of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.6% | — |
| 2003 | 14.9% | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 16.1% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 15.7% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 15.5% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 14.5% | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 17.2% | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 17.2% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 20.1% | +17.1% |
| 2017 | 17.7% | -12.0% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 16.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14.4% | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 16.2% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 16.2% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 13.8% | -14.3% |
| 2025 | 12.7% | -7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.5% | 14.9% | 16.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 16.6% | 14.5% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 12.7% | 16.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- 20 Kyrgyzstan 19.6% compare
- 21 Vanuatu 19.3% compare
- 22 Tajikistan 19.3% compare
- 23 Eswatini 19.2% compare
- 24 Peru 19.2% compare
- 25 Syria 19.2% compare
- 26 South Africa 19.1% compare
More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.0268 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.2812 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 560,020 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.0589 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 12.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 20.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2025.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 23rd out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release