Barbados vs Mauritius: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Barbados

14.2%

in 2025

Mauritius

14.2%

in 2024

Barbados rank

72nd

Mauritius rank

71st

Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education over time

Mauritius currently reports 14.2% against 14.2% in Barbados, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Barbados ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 72nd and Mauritius ranks 71st of 194 countries.

Indicator: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,043 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Percentage of total general government spending (across all sectors) that is allocated to education.