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Guyana — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Guyana, 1970–2018.
Latest value · 2018
4.45%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +2.8% since 1970
Education spending for Guyana was 4.45% in 2018, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 1970 to 2018. The highest recorded value was 9.38% in 1979. The lowest was 2.15% in 2009 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.06% per year.
Guyana ranks 76 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Guyana sits above it. It peaked in 1979 and has fallen 53% since. Over the last decade (2009–2018) the figure moved up 107%.
Key figures
Latest (2018)
4.45%
First (1970)
4.33%
Change
+2.8%
Highest
9.38%
in 1979
Lowest
2.15%
in 2009
Average
5.40%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.06%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 4.45% |
| 2017 | 4.66% |
| 2016 | 4.74% |
| 2015 | 3.9% |
| 2014 | 4.36% |
| 2012 | 2.24% |
| 2011 | 2.51% |
| 2010 | 2.41% |
| 2009 | 2.15% |
| 2007 | 2.39% |
| 2006 | 3.12% |
| 2005 | 8.14% |
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.