Education share of public spending in Guatemala

Education made up 17.3% of government spending in Guatemala in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1995.

Measure: Education spending as a share of total government expenditure Unit: % of total government expenditure Data: 1993 to 2025 Source: UNESCO UIS
Guatemala, 2025 17.3% % of total government expenditure
Change from 2024 −5.7percentage points 2024: 23.0%

Education share of public spending in Guatemala over time

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% of total government expenditure. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Education spending as a share of total government expenditure (% of total government expenditure), 2006 to 2025
Period Guatemala
2025 17.3%
2024 23.0%
2023 22.6%
2022 22.5%
2021 23.0%
2020 21.1%
2019 23.8%
2018 23.7%
2017 23.1%
2016 23.4%
2015 24.1%
2014 22.0%
2013 20.6%
2012 21.1%
2011 20.2%
2010 19.3%
2008 23.3%
2007 21.3%
2006 20.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −5.7 percentage points from 23.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 24.1%, the figure has changed by −6.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
XGOVEXP.IMF · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1993 to 2025 for Guatemala
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org