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Jamaica — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Jamaica, 1973–2024.
Latest value · 2024
5.51%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +51.8% since 1973
Education spending for Jamaica was 5.51% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 41 years, from 1973 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 6.37% in 2010. The lowest was 3.21% in 1993 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.82% per year.
Jamaica ranks 32 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Jamaica sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
5.51%
First (1973)
3.63%
Change
+51.8%
Highest
6.37%
in 2010
Lowest
3.21%
in 1993
Average
5.05%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.82%
Years of data
41
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.51% |
| 2023 | 5.65% |
| 2022 | 5.35% |
| 2021 | 5.63% |
| 2020 | 5.38% |
| 2019 | 5.16% |
| 2018 | 5.41% |
| 2017 | 5.26% |
| 2016 | 5.31% |
| 2015 | 5.46% |
| 2014 | 6.02% |
| 2013 | 6.25% |
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.