Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — Australia and New Zealand

Education expenditure in the budget in Australia and New Zealand in 2022 — 12.64%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 12.64 pp.

2022 12.64% +0.35 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 14.27%1994
Period minimum 0%1980

Trend over time

1980–2022 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Australia and New Zealand, 1980–20220510151980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 0%1982: 0%1985: 0.92%1986: 1.07%1987: 1.44%1988: 12.7%1989: 12.94%1994: 14.27%2020: 12.36%2021: 12.29%2022: 12.64%
Change over the period: +12.64 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 12.64%
World 13.11%
Education expenditure in the budget — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 12.64 +0.35 pp
2021 12.29 −0.07 pp
2020 12.36
1994 14.27
1989 12.94 +0.24 pp
1988 12.7 +11.27 pp
1987 1.44 +0.36 pp
1986 1.07 +0.15 pp
1985 0.92
1982 0
1980 0

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.