Education expenditure in the budget in Suriname in 2024 — 8.55%. Ranked 89 in the world out of 99. Since 2015, the indicator has fallen by 2.82 pp.
2015–2024 · % of government expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Suriname
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.55 | +1.02 pp |
| 2023 | 7.54 | −3.42 pp |
| 2022 | 10.96 | −0.83 pp |
| 2021 | 11.78 | −2.16 pp |
| 2020 | 13.94 | −1.33 pp |
| 2019 | 15.28 | +0.55 pp |
| 2018 | 14.72 | −2.6 pp |
| 2017 | 17.32 | +1.25 pp |
| 2016 | 16.08 | +4.7 pp |
| 2015 | 11.38 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
