Education expenditure in the budget in Hong Kong in 2024 — 15.74%. Ranked 39 in the world out of 99. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 15.74 pp.
1981–2024 · % of government expenditure
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.74 | +2.56 pp |
| 2023 | 13.18 | −1.21 pp |
| 2022 | 14.39 | +1.27 pp |
| 2021 | 13.12 | −7.5 pp |
| 2020 | 20.62 | +0.31 pp |
| 2019 | 20.31 | +1.53 pp |
| 2018 | 18.79 | +0.95 pp |
| 2017 | 17.84 | −0.29 pp |
| 2016 | 18.13 | −0.48 pp |
| 2015 | 18.61 | +0.99 pp |
| 2014 | 17.62 | −2.68 pp |
| 2013 | 20.3 | +1.65 pp |
| 2012 | 18.65 | −1.5 pp |
| 2011 | 20.15 | +0.24 pp |
| 2010 | 19.91 | −4.1 pp |
| 2009 | 24.01 | +1.08 pp |
| 2008 | 22.92 | +0.03 pp |
| 2007 | 22.89 | −0.39 pp |
| 2006 | 23.28 | +0.8 pp |
| 2005 | 22.48 | −0.67 pp |
| 2004 | 23.15 | −0.09 pp |
| 2003 | 23.24 | +1.04 pp |
| 2002 | 22.21 | −0.21 pp |
| 2001 | 22.42 | — |
| 1996 | 16.67 | — |
| 1992 | 21.21 | — |
| 1990 | 18.54 | — |
| 1985 | 18.58 | +2.71 pp |
| 1984 | 15.87 | +0.58 pp |
| 1983 | 15.29 | +5.88 pp |
| 1982 | 9.41 | +9.41 pp |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
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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.
