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Trinidad and Tobago — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Trinidad and Tobago, 1980–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.23%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -14.2% since 1980
Education spending for Trinidad and Tobago was 3.23% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1980 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.87% in 1984. The lowest was 2.44% in 1998 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.36% per year.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 124 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Trinidad and Tobago sits below it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 45% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 14%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.23%
First (1980)
3.77%
Change
-14.2%
Highest
5.87%
in 1984
Lowest
2.44%
in 1998
Average
3.78%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.36%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.23% |
| 2022 | 2.82% |
| 2021 | 3.04% |
| 2020 | 4.22% |
| 2019 | 3.55% |
| 2018 | 3.47% |
| 2017 | 3.33% |
| 2016 | 4.21% |
| 2015 | 4.42% |
| 2014 | 3.59% |
| 2013 | 3.75% |
| 2012 | 3.57% |
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.