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Dominican Republic — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Dominican Republic, 1970–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.76%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +42.4% since 1970
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.76%
First (1970)
2.64%
Change
+42.4%
Highest
4.52%
in 2020
Lowest
0.77%
in 1993
Average
2.50%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.67%
Years of data
27
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.76% |
| 2022 | 3.61% |
| 2021 | 3.58% |
| 2020 | 4.52% |
| 2019 | 4.04% |
| 2018 | 3.93% |
| 2017 | 3.92% |
| 2016 | 3.85% |
| 2015 | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.62% |
| 2013 | 3.63% |
| 2011 | 1.88% |
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.