Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — North America

Education expenditure in the budget in North America in 2022 — 10.65%. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 4.93 pp.

2022 10.65% +0.47 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 15.58%1981
Period minimum 10.18%2021

Trend over time

1981–2022 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — North America, 1981–2022101214161981198619911996200120062011201620211981: 15.58%1982: 15.53%1983: 14.77%1984: 14.09%1985: 13.24%1986: 12.68%1987: 13.46%1988: 13.54%1989: 13.57%1990: 13.19%1991: 14.26%1992: 13.12%1993: 14.62%1994: 12.93%1995: 12.86%1998: 12.64%1999: 12.74%2000: 12.98%2001: 12.21%2002: 12.15%2005: 12.18%2007: 12.33%2008: 12.01%2009: 12.48%2010: 12.34%2011: 12.22%2013: 11.21%2014: 12.12%2015: 12.95%2016: 12.6%2017: 13.02%2018: 12.62%2019: 12.51%2020: 12.1%2021: 10.18%2022: 10.65%
Change over the period: −4.93 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

North America 10.65%
World 13.11%
Education expenditure in the budget — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 10.65 +0.47 pp
2021 10.18 −1.92 pp
2020 12.1 −0.41 pp
2019 12.51 −0.11 pp
2018 12.62 −0.41 pp
2017 13.02 +0.42 pp
2016 12.6 −0.35 pp
2015 12.95 +0.83 pp
2014 12.12 +0.91 pp
2013 11.21
2011 12.22 −0.12 pp
2010 12.34 −0.15 pp
2009 12.48 +0.47 pp
2008 12.01 −0.32 pp
2007 12.33
2005 12.18
2002 12.15 −0.06 pp
2001 12.21 −0.77 pp
2000 12.98 +0.24 pp
1999 12.74 +0.1 pp
1998 12.64
1995 12.86 −0.07 pp
1994 12.93 −1.69 pp
1993 14.62 +1.51 pp
1992 13.12 −1.15 pp
1991 14.26 +1.07 pp
1990 13.19 −0.38 pp
1989 13.57 +0.03 pp
1988 13.54 +0.08 pp
1987 13.46 +0.77 pp
1986 12.68 −0.55 pp
1985 13.24 −0.85 pp
1984 14.09 −0.68 pp
1983 14.77 −0.76 pp
1982 15.53 −0.05 pp
1981 15.58

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.