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Belize — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Belize, 1999–2024.
Latest value · 2024
4.62%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +14.6% since 1999
Education spending for Belize was 4.62% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 22 years, from 1999 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 6.13% in 2018. The lowest was 3.68% in 2000 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.55% per year.
Belize ranks 67 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 39%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Belize sits above it. It peaked in 2018 and has fallen 25% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
4.62%
First (1999)
4.03%
Change
+14.6%
Highest
6.13%
in 2018
Lowest
3.68%
in 2000
Average
4.96%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.55%
Years of data
22
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.62% |
| 2023 | 4.23% |
| 2022 | 4.6% |
| 2021 | 5.96% |
| 2020 | 5.21% |
| 2019 | 5.96% |
| 2018 | 6.13% |
| 2017 | 5.95% |
| 2016 | 5.73% |
| 2015 | 5.36% |
| 2014 | 5.14% |
| 2013 | 5.12% |
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.