Education spending in Cayman Islands

Government spending on education in Cayman Islands was equal to 1.6% of GDP in 2023.

Cayman Islands, 2023 1.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.1percentage points 2022: 1.5%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate

Education spending in Cayman 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 Cayman IslandsWorld
2023 1.6% 3.6%
2022 1.5% 3.9%
2021 1.3% 4.2%
2020 1.5% 4.3%
2019 1.1% 4.2%
2018 2.2% 4.2%
2017 – 4.1%
2016 – 4.2%
2015 – 4.2%
2014 – 4.2%
2013 – 4.3%
2012 – 4.0%
2011 – 4.1%
2010 – 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 +0.1 percentage points from 1.5% in 2022.
  • Since 2018, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by −0.6 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
2018 to 2023 for Cayman 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