Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — Mercosur

Education expenditure in the budget in Mercosur in 2023 — 14.28%. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 11.48 pp.

2023 14.28% +1.09 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 14.93%2012
Period minimum 2.8%1998

Trend over time

1998–2023 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Mercosur, 1998–20230510151998200120042007201020132016201920221998: 2.8%1999: 4.02%2000: 4.09%2001: 11.41%2002: 9.3%2003: 13.94%2004: 10.69%2005: 11.32%2006: 11.98%2007: 12.75%2008: 13.57%2009: 13.89%2010: 14.46%2011: 14.74%2012: 14.93%2013: 14.67%2014: 14.31%2015: 13.69%2016: 13.9%2017: 14.16%2018: 13.72%2019: 13.82%2020: 12.87%2021: 13.69%2022: 13.19%2023: 14.28%
Change over the period: +11.48 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mercosur

Mercosur 14.28%
World 13.96%
Education expenditure in the budget — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 14.28 +1.09 pp
2022 13.19 −0.51 pp
2021 13.69 +0.82 pp
2020 12.87 −0.94 pp
2019 13.82 +0.1 pp
2018 13.72 −0.44 pp
2017 14.16 +0.25 pp
2016 13.9 +0.21 pp
2015 13.69 −0.61 pp
2014 14.31 −0.37 pp
2013 14.67 −0.25 pp
2012 14.93 +0.19 pp
2011 14.74 +0.28 pp
2010 14.46 +0.57 pp
2009 13.89 +0.32 pp
2008 13.57 +0.82 pp
2007 12.75 +0.77 pp
2006 11.98 +0.66 pp
2005 11.32 +0.63 pp
2004 10.69 −3.25 pp
2003 13.94 +4.64 pp
2002 9.3 −2.1 pp
2001 11.41 +7.31 pp
2000 4.09 +0.07 pp
1999 4.02 +1.22 pp
1998 2.8

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.