| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belize | 7.94 | 2020 | 1 | 7.47 |
| 2 | Puerto Rico | 6.07 | 2014 | 2 | 6.48 |
| 3 ↑ | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.73 | 2016 | 6 | 5.09 |
| 4 ↓ | Aruba | 5.49 | 2016 | 3 | 5.85 |
| 5 | Jamaica | 5.4 | 2020 | 5 | 5.41 |
| 6 ↓ | Dominica | 5 | 2020 | 4 | 5.57 |
| 7 ↑ | Barbados | 4.3 | 2020 | 10 | 3.2 |
| 8 ↓ | Dominican Republic | 4.04 | 2019 | 7 | 3.93 |
| 9 | Saint Lucia | 3.57 | 2020 | 9 | 3.26 |
| 10 ↓ | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.56 | 2019 | 8 | 3.29 |
| 11 | Grenada | 3.55 | 2018 | 11 | 3.17 |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.32 | 2020 | 12 | 2.82 |
| 13 | Bahamas | 2.51 | 2020 | 13 | 2.4 |
| 14 | Haiti | 1.68 | 2018 | 14 | 1.59 |
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
