Education expenditure in the budget in upper-middle-income countries in 2022 — 13.8%. Since 2016, the indicator has fallen by 1.43 pp.
2016–2022 · % of government expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.8 | −0.58 pp |
| 2021 | 14.37 | +0.12 pp |
| 2020 | 14.25 | −0.26 pp |
| 2019 | 14.51 | −0.18 pp |
| 2018 | 14.69 | −0.56 pp |
| 2017 | 15.25 | +0.02 pp |
| 2016 | 15.22 | — |
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.
Government spending on education at all levels as a percentage of GDP.
Defense Military expenditure share of the budgetWhat part of government spending goes to defense.
Public Finance Government expenseHow much the state spends in a year — including wages, pensions, benefits and interest on debt.
Education Harmonized test scoresWhat children have actually learned — a score on a scale that brings different international tests together.