Education spending in Moldova

Government spending on education in Moldova was equal to 6.6% of GDP in 2023.

Moldova, 2023 6.6% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +0.5percentage points 2022: 6.1%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate

Education spending in Moldova 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 MoldovaWorld
2023 6.6% 3.6%
2022 6.1% 3.9%
2021 5.8% 4.2%
2020 6.6% 4.3%
2019 6.2% 4.2%
2018 5.5% 4.2%
2017 5.7% 4.1%
2016 5.7% 4.2%
2015 5.8% 4.2%
2014 6.3% 4.2%
2013 5.9% 4.3%
2012 7.0% 4.0%
2011 7.1% 4.1%
2010 7.6% 4.2%
2009 9.5% 4.7%
2008 8.2% 4.2%
2007 8.3% 4.0%
2006 7.5% 4.0%
2005 7.2% 4.0%
2004 6.8% 3.9%
2003 5.4% 4.1%
2002 5.5% 3.9%
2001 4.8% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 6.1% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 5.9%, the figure has changed by +0.6 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
1996 to 2023 for Moldova
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