PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION

Public expenditure on:

Ratio of current expenditureper tertiary student to GNP per capita

Education (as % of GNP)

Education (as % of total public expenditure)

Primary and secondary education(as % of all levels)

Higher education(as % of all levels)

Primary

Secondary

1970

1980

1990

1970

1980

1990

1960

1990

1990

1990

1990

1990

Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

18

25

34

16

15

58

7

Bahamas

45

26

37

28

Barbados

17

8.0

75

19

0.8

Cuba

27

17

13

12

13

11

5.0

6.6

12.8

65

14

0.4

Dominica

35

29

5.8

10.6

87

3

0.5

Dominican Rep.

55

41

26

2.1

Grenada

38

23

28

24

25

20

Guyana

29

33

34

25

18

4.7

Haiti

47

44

21

24

20

1.4

1.8

20.0

72

9

1.4

Jamaica

47

41

38

27

33

26

2.3

6.1

12.9

71

21

1.6

Saint Kitts and Nevis

25

21

18

15

Saint Lucia

33

31

29

23

19

20

74

10

2.4

Saint Vincent/Grens.

32

18

20

24

27

Trinidad and Tobago

34

24

26

26

20

20

2.8

4.1

11.6

79

12

0.8

Central America

Belize

28

24

26

16

16

14

6.0

Costa Rica

30

28

32

17

21

22

4.1

4.6

20.8

48

36

0.7

El Salvador

36

48

44

25

13

28

2.3

1.8

Guatemala

36

34

34

15

1.4

1.4

11.8

Honduras

35

37

38

2.2

4.6

15.9

73

21

1.0

Nicaragua

37

35

33

30

24

1.5

Panama

27

27

20

20

22

20

3.6

5.5

60

21

0.5

South America

Argentina

19

20

18

7

7

7

2.1

Bolivia

27

20

25

17

18

1.5

3.0

20.1

66

23

0.4

Brazil

28

26

23

15

14

1.9

4.6

56

26

1.1

Chile

50

34

25

18

17

2.7

3.7

72

22

0.3

Colombia

38

31

30

16

21

21

1.7

2.9

21.4

60

21

0.4

Ecuador

38

36

29

16

19

14

1.9

2.8

19.1

74

14

0.2

Paraguay

32

27

25

12

1.3

73

22

0.3

Peru

35

37

28

25

21

2.3

55

Suriname

37

27

23

23

17

21

8.3

75

9

0.7

Uruguay

29

22

22

3.7

3.1

15.9

68

23

0.3

Venezuela

35

34

23

20

9

3.7

4.1

18.8

Mexico

46

39

31

18

17

1.2

4.1