Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government was 14.4% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in UIS calculation.
Analysis
The most recent figure for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) is 14.4%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.5% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 18.2% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 2024.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.6% | — |
| 2002 | 17.4% | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 14.7% | -15.6% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | +11.4% |
| 2008 | 18.2% | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 17.3% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 15.8% | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 15.5% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 16.0% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 16.9% | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 17.2% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 18.0% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 17.9% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 16.9% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 16.0% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 16.7% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 16.8% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | -14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.6% | 14.7% | 18.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 15.5% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 14.4% | 16.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- 8 Bhutan 22.2% compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 22.1% compare
- 10 Kazakhstan 22.0% compare
- 11 Botswana 21.5% compare
- 12 Senegal 20.9% compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 20.9% compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 20.5% compare
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 14.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 18.2% in 2008.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 2024.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 11th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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.
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February 2026 Data Release