Education spending in Belarus

Government spending on education in Belarus was equal to 5.0% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2010.

Belarus, 2024 5.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 4.9%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Belarus (2024).

Education spending in Belarus 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 2024
Period BelarusWorld
2024 5.0% –
2023 4.9% 3.6%
2022 4.6% 3.9%
2021 4.6% 4.2%
2020 4.9% 4.3%
2019 5.0% 4.2%
2018 4.8% 4.2%
2017 4.8% 4.1%
2016 4.9% 4.2%
2015 4.8% 4.2%
2014 4.8% 4.2%
2013 5.0% 4.3%
2012 5.0% 4.0%
2011 4.7% 4.1%
2010 5.2% 4.2%
2009 4.4% 4.7%
2008 – 4.2%
2007 5.2% 4.0%
2006 6.1% 4.0%
2005 5.9% 4.0%
2004 5.7% 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 – 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 4.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 4.8%, the figure has changed by +0.2 percentage points.

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
1999 to 2024 for Belarus
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