Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — EAEU

Education expenditure in the budget in the EAEU in 2024 — 18.46%. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 16.5 pp.

2024 18.46% +0.63 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18.46%2024
Period minimum 0.57%1999

Trend over time

1996–2024 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — EAEU, 1996–20240510152019961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 1.96%1999: 0.57%2000: 7.98%2001: 9.2%2002: 10.75%2003: 10.52%2004: 11.19%2005: 11.93%2006: 12.49%2007: 11.6%2008: 12.07%2009: 11.69%2010: 14.37%2011: 15.41%2012: 11.57%2013: 11.25%2014: 11.78%2015: 11.01%2016: 11.22%2017: 13.32%2018: 14.26%2019: 13.64%2020: 15.98%2021: 16.96%2022: 17.17%2023: 17.83%2024: 18.46%
Change over the period: +16.5 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp
Education expenditure in the budget — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 18.46 +0.63 pp
2023 17.83 +0.66 pp
2022 17.17 +0.21 pp
2021 16.96 +0.98 pp
2020 15.98 +2.34 pp
2019 13.64 −0.62 pp
2018 14.26 +0.94 pp
2017 13.32 +2.1 pp
2016 11.22 +0.2 pp
2015 11.01 −0.77 pp
2014 11.78 +0.53 pp
2013 11.25 −0.32 pp
2012 11.57 −3.83 pp
2011 15.41 +1.04 pp
2010 14.37 +2.68 pp
2009 11.69 −0.38 pp
2008 12.07 +0.47 pp
2007 11.6 −0.89 pp
2006 12.49 +0.56 pp
2005 11.93 +0.73 pp
2004 11.19 +0.68 pp
2003 10.52 −0.23 pp
2002 10.75 +1.55 pp
2001 9.2 +1.22 pp
2000 7.98 +7.41 pp
1999 0.57
1996 1.96

About the indicator

Government expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Unlike the share of GDP, it shows the priority within the budget: a country may spend little on education as a percentage of GDP, yet with a small state that turns out to be a significant part of all expenditure. The international benchmark agreed under the Dakar Framework for Action is fifteen to twenty percent of the budget.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by government consumption in dollars: it accounts for about two thirds of all budget expenditure, and the source does not publish absolute spending. The same device is used for military expenditure in the budget.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.