Aruba vs Barbados: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Aruba

3.6%

in 2021

Barbados

3.6%

in 2024

Aruba rank

122nd

Barbados rank

124th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Aruba currently reports 3.6% against 3.6% in Barbados, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Aruba ahead.

Globally, Aruba ranks 122nd and Barbados ranks 124th of 199 countries.

Indicator: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education
Unit: % of GDP
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 5,140 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.