Dominican Republic — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Dominican Republic, 1970–2023.
Education spending for Dominican Republic was 3.76% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 27 years, from 1970 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.52% in 2020. The lowest was 0.77% in 1993 (about 4.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.67% per year.
Dominican Republic ranks 105 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Dominican Republic sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 4%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 21 of 36 economies; Ecuador (3.69%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 93% in 2013.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 104 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 21st of 31 in 1970 → 106th of 116 in 2000 → 118th of 130 in 2010 → 71st of 157 in 2020 → 54th of 107 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.76% | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 3.61% | +0.0 pp |
| 2021 | 3.58% | -0.9 pp |
| 2020 | 4.52% | +0.5 pp |
| 2019 | 4.04% | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 3.93% | +0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 3.92% | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 3.85% | +0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 3.6% | -0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 3.62% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 3.63% | +1.7 pp |
| 2011 | 1.88% | -0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 1.89% | -0.2 pp |
| 2007 | 2.05% | +0.2 pp |
| 2003 | 1.84% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 1.91% | -0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 1.97% | +0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 1.89% | +0.7 pp |
| 1996 | 1.23% | +0.2 pp |
| 1995 | 1.03% | +0.1 pp |
| 1994 | 0.89% | +0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 0.77% | -0.4 pp |
| 1985 | 1.21% | -0.1 pp |
| 1984 | 1.33% | -0.1 pp |
| 1983 | 1.46% | -0.1 pp |
| 1982 | 1.54% | -1.1 pp |
| 1970 | 2.64% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Dominican Republic’s Education spending in 1982?
1.54% (1982). 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 Dominican Republic’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +42.4% 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: 2023: 3.76%; 2022: 3.61%; 2021: 3.58%; 2020: 4.52%; 2019: 4.04%. 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.