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Antigua and Barbuda — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Antigua and Barbuda, 1999–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.11%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +23.0% since 1999
Education spending for Antigua and Barbuda was 3.11% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 15 years, from 1999 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.36% in 2019. The lowest was 1.99% in 2015 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.86% per year.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 130 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Antigua and Barbuda sits below it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 32%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.11%
First (1999)
2.53%
Change
+23.0%
Highest
3.36%
in 2019
Lowest
1.99%
in 2015
Average
2.52%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.86%
Years of data
15
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.11% |
| 2022 | 2.5% |
| 2021 | 2.51% |
| 2020 | 3.01% |
| 2019 | 3.36% |
| 2018 | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 2.28% |
| 2016 | 2.17% |
| 2015 | 1.99% |
| 2014 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 2.36% |
| 2012 | 2.13% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.