Barbados vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Adjusted savings: education expenditure
Adjusted savings: education expenditure over time
- Barbados
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 6.4% against 3.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 3.0%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 25th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 28th of 200 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.5% | 3.7% | 1.8% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 5.5% | 4.0% | 1.5% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 6.1% | 5.0% | 1.1% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 5.3% | 3.9% | 1.4% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 3.4% | 1.7% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 3.2% | 1.5% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher adjusted savings: education expenditure, Barbados or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Barbados, at 6.4% against 3.4% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2021.
- What is the difference in adjusted savings: education expenditure between Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 3.0%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2021.
- How do Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for adjusted savings: education expenditure?
- Barbados ranks 25th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 28th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.