Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean
Definition: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
Source: UNESCO; data are extrapolated to the most recent year available
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 13.01 | 2019 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 8.62 | 2019 |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 7.34 | 2019 |
| 4 | Belize | 6.39 | 2019 |
| 5 | Honduras | 6.33 | 2019 |
| 6 | Jamaica | 5.21 | 2019 |
| 7 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.18 | 2019 |
| 8 | Dominica | 5.00 | 2019 |
| 9 | Barbados | 4.37 | 2019 |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 4.10 | 2019 |
| 11 | The Bahamas | 3.84 | 2019 |
| 12 | Grenada | 3.75 | 2019 |
| 13 | El Salvador | 3.56 | 2019 |
| 14 | St. Lucia | 3.33 | 2019 |
| 15 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.31 | 2019 |
| 16 | Guatemala | 3.09 | 2019 |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.87 | 2019 |
| 18 | Panama | 2.80 | 2019 |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 2.52 | 2019 |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.25 | 2019 |
| 21 | Haiti | 1.46 | 2019 |
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Limitations and Exceptions: Public education expenditures are considered an addition to savings. However, because of the wide variability in the effectiveness of public education expenditures, these figures cannot be construed as the value of investments in human capital. A current expenditure of $1 on education does not necessarily yield $1 of human capital. The calculation should also consider private education expenditure, but data are not available for a large number of countries.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
