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Puerto Rico (US) — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Puerto Rico (US), 1971–2024.
Latest value · 2024
4.27%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -41.1% since 1971
Education spending for Puerto Rico (US) was 4.27% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 20 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 7.29% in 1974. The lowest was 2.60% in 2018 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.99% per year.
Puerto Rico (US) ranks 84 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 49%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Puerto Rico (US) sits level with it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 41% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 30%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
4.27%
First (1971)
7.25%
Change
-41.1%
Highest
7.29%
in 1974
Lowest
2.60%
in 2018
Average
5.12%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.99%
Years of data
20
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.27% |
| 2023 | 4.27% |
| 2022 | 3.86% |
| 2021 | 3.73% |
| 2020 | 4.29% |
| 2019 | 3.33% |
| 2018 | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 2.73% |
| 2016 | 2.78% |
| 2015 | 3.34% |
| 2014 | 6.07% |
| 2013 | 6.48% |
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.