Education spending in Dominica

Government spending on education in Dominica was equal to 5.4% of GDP in 2024.

Dominica, 2024 5.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 4.7%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Dominica (2024).

Education spending in Dominica 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 2024
Period DominicaWorld
2024 5.4% –
2023 4.7% 3.6%
2022 6.0% 3.9%
2021 5.7% 4.2%
2020 4.5% 4.3%
2019 4.9% 4.2%
2018 5.2% 4.2%
2017 4.7% 4.1%
2016 5.1% 4.2%
2015 3.1% 4.2%
2014 4.3% 4.2%
2013 4.4% 4.3%
2012 4.5% 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 +0.7 percentage points from 4.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4.3%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.

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
1989 to 2024 for Dominica
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