Education spending in Turkmenistan

Government spending on education in Turkmenistan was equal to 4.3% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2012.

Turkmenistan, 2024 4.3% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.6percentage points 2023: 2.7%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Turkmenistan (2024).

Education spending in Turkmenistan 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 2024
Period TurkmenistanWorld
2024 4.3% –
2023 2.7% 3.6%
2022 3.6% 3.9%
2021 3.8% 4.2%
2020 3.8% 4.3%
2019 3.1% 4.2%
2018 – 4.2%
2017 – 4.1%
2016 – 4.2%
2015 – 4.2%
2014 – 4.2%
2013 – 4.3%
2012 3.0% 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 – 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 2.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2012, when it was 3.0%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.

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Source and dates

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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
2012 to 2024 for Turkmenistan
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