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St. Kitts and Nevis — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for St. Kitts and Nevis, 1985–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.50%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -11.8% since 1985
Education spending for St. Kitts and Nevis was 3.50% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 30 years, from 1985 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.74% in 2000. The lowest was 2.00% in 1991 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.33% per year.
St. Kitts and Nevis ranks 117 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 68%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so St. Kitts and Nevis sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 26% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.50%
First (1985)
3.97%
Change
-11.8%
Highest
4.74%
in 2000
Lowest
2.00%
in 1991
Average
3.22%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.33%
Years of data
30
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 3.56% |
| 2021 | 2.78% |
| 2020 | 3.11% |
| 2019 | 2.73% |
| 2018 | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 2.77% |
| 2016 | 3% |
| 2015 | 2.55% |
| 2014 | 2.85% |
| 2013 | 3.26% |
| 2012 | 2.49% |
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.