Education share of public spending in Paraguay

Education made up 11.7% of government spending in Paraguay in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1990.

Measure: Education spending as a share of total government expenditure Unit: % of total government expenditure Data: 1985 to 2025 Source: UNESCO UIS
Paraguay, 2025 11.7% % of total government expenditure
Change from 2024 −5.2percentage points 2024: 16.8%

Education share of public spending in Paraguay 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), 2001 to 2025
Period Paraguay
2025 11.7%
2024 16.8%
2023 22.0%
2022 24.1%
2021 23.6%
2020 24.5%
2016 18.2%
2012 19.6%
2011 23.3%
2010 18.8%
2007 19.4%
2004 18.2%
2003 20.9%
2002 18.8%
2001 19.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −5.2 percentage points from 16.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2007, when it was 19.4%, the figure has changed by −7.8 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
1985 to 2025 for Paraguay
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