Education expenditure in the budget in East Asia & Pacific in 2023 — 12.95%. Since 2009, the indicator has fallen by 2.23 pp.
2009–2023 · % of government expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.95 | −0.29 pp |
| 2022 | 13.25 | +1.14 pp |
| 2021 | 12.11 | −1.51 pp |
| 2020 | 13.62 | +0.15 pp |
| 2019 | 13.47 | −1.08 pp |
| 2018 | 14.56 | −0.13 pp |
| 2017 | 14.69 | −0.68 pp |
| 2016 | 15.37 | +0.22 pp |
| 2015 | 15.15 | −0.38 pp |
| 2014 | 15.53 | −1.17 pp |
| 2013 | 16.7 | −1.39 pp |
| 2012 | 18.09 | +2.52 pp |
| 2011 | 15.57 | −0.65 pp |
| 2010 | 16.22 | +1.03 pp |
| 2009 | 15.19 | — |
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.
Government spending on education at all levels as a percentage of GDP.
Defense Military expenditure share of the budgetWhat part of government spending goes to defense.
Education Harmonized test scoresWhat children have actually learned — a score on a scale that brings different international tests together.