Education spending in North Macedonia

Government spending on education in North Macedonia was equal to 3.3% of GDP in 2002. The value for 2002 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1992.

The latest value for North Macedonia is for 2002. Most countries have figures for 2022.
North Macedonia, 2002 3.3% % of GDP
Change from 1996 −1.0percentage points 1996: 4.3%
World, 2002 3.9% Official aggregate

Education spending in North Macedonia 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 North MacedoniaWorld
2023 – 3.6%
2022 – 3.9%
2021 – 4.2%
2020 – 4.3%
2019 – 4.2%
2018 – 4.2%
2017 – 4.1%
2016 – 4.2%
2015 – 4.2%
2014 – 4.2%
2013 – 4.3%
2012 – 4.0%
2011 – 4.1%
2010 – 4.2%
2009 – 4.7%
2008 – 4.2%
2007 – 4.0%
2006 – 4.0%
2005 – 4.0%
2004 – 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 3.3% 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 4.3% in 1996, a change of −1.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1992, when it was 4.7%, the figure has changed by −1.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2002 was 3.9%.

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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
1992 to 2002 for North Macedonia
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