Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — World

Education expenditure in the budget in the world in 2023 — 13.96%. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 0.63 pp.

2023 13.96% +0.85 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 14.97%2006
Period minimum 12.79%2021

Trend over time

1999–2023 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — World, 1999–2023121314151999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 13.34%2000: 13.46%2001: 14.01%2002: 14.39%2003: 14.89%2004: 14.17%2005: 13.95%2006: 14.97%2007: 14.18%2008: 14.6%2009: 13.82%2010: 13.82%2011: 13.61%2012: 14.39%2013: 14.51%2014: 14.25%2015: 14.11%2016: 13.98%2017: 14.5%2018: 14.1%2019: 13.47%2020: 13.63%2021: 12.79%2022: 13.11%2023: 13.96%
Change over the period: +0.63 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

World 13.96%
World 13.96%
Education expenditure in the budget — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 13.96 +0.85 pp
2022 13.11 +0.32 pp
2021 12.79 −0.84 pp
2020 13.63 +0.15 pp
2019 13.47 −0.63 pp
2018 14.1 −0.4 pp
2017 14.5 +0.52 pp
2016 13.98 −0.13 pp
2015 14.11 −0.14 pp
2014 14.25 −0.25 pp
2013 14.51 +0.12 pp
2012 14.39 +0.78 pp
2011 13.61 −0.21 pp
2010 13.82 +0 pp
2009 13.82 −0.79 pp
2008 14.6 +0.42 pp
2007 14.18 −0.78 pp
2006 14.97 +1.01 pp
2005 13.95 −0.22 pp
2004 14.17 −0.72 pp
2003 14.89 +0.5 pp
2002 14.39 +0.38 pp
2001 14.01 +0.55 pp
2000 13.46 +0.12 pp
1999 13.34

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.