Education expenditure in the budget in North Korea in 2025 — 14.63%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 60. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 1.54 pp.
2010–2025 · % of government expenditure
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14.63 | +0.95 pp |
| 2024 | 13.68 | −1.4 pp |
| 2023 | 15.08 | +1.22 pp |
| 2022 | 13.86 | +1.1 pp |
| 2021 | 12.76 | −1.41 pp |
| 2020 | 14.17 | −0.86 pp |
| 2019 | 15.03 | +0.06 pp |
| 2018 | 14.97 | +0.64 pp |
| 2017 | 14.33 | +0.56 pp |
| 2016 | 13.77 | −0.32 pp |
| 2015 | 14.09 | −0.16 pp |
| 2014 | 14.25 | −0.31 pp |
| 2013 | 14.57 | +0.58 pp |
| 2012 | 13.98 | +0.66 pp |
| 2011 | 13.32 | +0.24 pp |
| 2010 | 13.08 | — |
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.
