Education spending in British Virgin Islands

Government spending on education in British Virgin Islands was equal to 3.2% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2016.

British Virgin Islands, 2023 3.2% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.7percentage points 2022: 2.5%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate

Education spending in British Virgin Islands 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.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period British Virgin IslandsWorld
2023 3.2% 3.6%
2022 2.5% 3.9%
2021 3.0% 4.2%
2020 2.7% 4.3%
2019 2.5% 4.2%
2018 2.4% 4.2%
2017 2.5% 4.1%
2016 3.3% 4.2%
2015 4.7% 4.2%
2014 4.0% 4.2%
2013 4.5% 4.3%
2012 3.6% 4.0%
2011 – 4.1%
2010 3.5% 4.2%
2009 – 4.7%
2008 – 4.2%
2007 – 4.0%
2006 – 4.0%
2005 – 4.0%
2004 – 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 – 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 2.5% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4.5%, the figure has changed by −1.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3.6%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2010 to 2023 for British Virgin Islands
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics