Dominica — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Dominica, 1989–2024.
Education spending for Dominica was 5.39% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 16 years, from 1989 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 6.04% in 2022. The lowest was 3.10% in 2015 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.65% per year.
Dominica ranks 38 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Dominica sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 24%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 8 of 36 economies; Costa Rica (5.31%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 66% in 2016. That is 10% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 107 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 24th of 54 in 1989 → 76th of 157 in 2020 → 13th of 39 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1989 to 2024
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.39% | +0.7 pp |
| 2023 | 4.69% | -1.3 pp |
| 2022 | 6.04% | +0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 5.72% | +1.3 pp |
| 2020 | 4.46% | -0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 4.89% | -0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 5.15% | +0.4 pp |
| 2017 | 4.72% | -0.4 pp |
| 2016 | 5.13% | +2.0 pp |
| 2015 | 3.1% | -1.2 pp |
| 2014 | 4.33% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 4.35% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 4.53% | +0.5 pp |
| 1999 | 4.03% | -1.7 pp |
| 1998 | 5.74% | +1.4 pp |
| 1989 | 4.29% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Dominica’s Education spending in 1998?
5.74% (1998). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Dominica’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1989 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +25.5% in total — about 0.7% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 5.39%; 2023: 4.69%; 2022: 6.04%; 2021: 5.72%; 2020: 4.46%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.