Education spending in Argentina

Government spending on education in Argentina was equal to 5.0% of GDP in 2023.

Argentina, 2023 5.0% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.2percentage points 2022: 4.8%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2023 4.3% Middle value of 6 countries

Education spending in Argentina over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period ArgentinaWorld
2023 5.0% 3.6%
2022 4.8% 3.9%
2021 4.7% 4.2%
2020 5.3% 4.3%
2019 4.8% 4.2%
2018 4.9% 4.2%
2017 5.5% 4.1%
2016 5.5% 4.2%
2015 5.8% 4.2%
2014 5.4% 4.2%
2013 5.4% 4.3%
2012 5.3% 4.0%
2011 5.3% 4.1%
2010 5.0% 4.2%
2009 5.5% 4.7%
2008 4.8% 4.2%
2007 4.5% 4.0%
2006 4.1% 4.0%
2005 3.9% 4.0%
2004 3.5% 3.9%
2003 3.5% 4.1%
2002 4.0% 3.9%
2001 4.8% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 4.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 5.4%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2023 for Argentina
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics