Education spending in Macao SAR, China

Government spending on education in Macao SAR, China was equal to 3.5% of GDP in 2023.

Macao SAR, China, 2023 3.5% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −2.6percentage points 2022: 6.1%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate

Education spending in Macao SAR, China 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 Macao SAR, ChinaWorld
2023 3.5% 3.6%
2022 6.1% 3.9%
2021 5.1% 4.2%
2020 6.4% 4.3%
2019 3.1% 4.2%
2018 2.7% 4.2%
2017 2.7% 4.1%
2016 3.1% 4.2%
2015 3.0% 4.2%
2014 2.0% 4.2%
2013 2.1% 4.3%
2012 3.3% 4.0%
2011 2.7% 4.1%
2010 2.6% 4.2%
2009 2.5% 4.7%
2008 2.2% 4.2%
2007 2.0% 4.0%
2006 2.2% 4.0%
2005 2.3% 4.0%
2004 2.2% 3.9%
2003 2.8% 4.1%
2002 2.8% 3.9%
2001 2.7% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.6 percentage points from 6.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 2.1%, the figure has changed by +1.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3.6%.

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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
1998 to 2023 for Macao SAR, China
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