Public expenditure on education as % of GDP is the total public expenditure (current and capital) on education expressed as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a given year. Public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and transfers/subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |||||||
| Bolivia | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | ||||
| Cuba | 7.7 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.4 | ||||||||
| Dominica | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.7 | ||||||
| Ecuador | 2.0 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Nicaragua | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||||||
| St. Lucia | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |||||
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| Venezuela, RB | 4.2 | 2.4 |