Education spending in North America
Government spending on education in North America was equal to 4.8% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 2016.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2022
4.8%
Change from 2021
−0.2percentage points
World, 2022
3.9%
Education spending in North America over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 3.6% |
| 2022 | 4.8% | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 5.1% | 4.2% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 5.0% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | 4.3% |
| 2012 | – | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | 4.7% |
| 2008 | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| 2007 | 4.8% | 4.0% |
| 2006 | – | 4.0% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | 4.0% |
| 2004 | – | 3.9% |
| 2003 | – | 4.1% |
| 2002 | 5.0% | 3.9% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 5.1% in 2021.
- Since 2011, when it was 5.3%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 3.9%.