Education spending in Georgia

Government spending on education in Georgia was equal to 4.0% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 1994.

Georgia, 2024 4.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.3percentage points 2023: 3.7%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Georgia (2024).

Education spending in Georgia 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 GeorgiaWorld
2024 4.0% –
2023 3.7% 3.6%
2022 3.8% 3.9%
2021 3.6% 4.2%
2020 3.8% 4.3%
2019 3.8% 4.2%
2018 3.5% 4.2%
2017 3.5% 4.1%
2016 3.5% 4.2%
2015 3.1% 4.2%
2014 2.9% 4.2%
2013 2.8% 4.3%
2012 1.9% 4.0%
2011 2.5% 4.1%
2010 2.8% 4.2%
2009 3.2% 4.7%
2008 2.9% 4.2%
2007 2.7% 4.0%
2006 3.0% 4.0%
2005 2.5% 4.0%
2004 2.9% 3.9%
2003 2.1% 4.1%
2002 2.2% 3.9%
2001 2.1% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 3.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2.9%, the figure has changed by +1.0 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
1994 to 2024 for Georgia
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