Education spending in Barbados
Government spending on education in Barbados was equal to 3.6% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1971.
Barbados, 2024
3.6%
Change from 2023
−0.2percentage points
World, 2023
3.6%
Education spending in Barbados over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Barbados | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.6% | – |
| 2023 | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 4.5% | 4.2% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| 2015 | 5.2% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 4.5% | 4.3% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | – | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 6.1% | 4.2% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | 4.7% |
| 2008 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | 4.0% |
| 2006 | – | 4.0% |
| 2005 | 5.7% | 4.0% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | 3.9% |
| 2003 | 6.2% | 4.1% |
| 2002 | 5.9% | 3.9% |
| 2001 | 6.1% | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 3.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 5.4%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.
More for Barbados
All statistics for Barbados
Tertiary education enrolment (gross)
50.8%
2025 · World Bank
Primary school enrolment (gross)
83.9%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
26.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
98.5%
2012 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
98.2%
2012 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
94.2%
2012 · UNESCO UIS