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Jamaica: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

17.71percent · 2015+0.3% since 2005

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Jamaica from 2000 to 2015.

20002015

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201517.705
201419.254
201321.031
201219.648
201118.621
201017.713
200917.388
200817.959
200717.336
200617.982
200517.649
200414.895
200315.965
200215.605
200117.502
20004.232

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Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgovexp-imfcalc (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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