Education share of public spending in United States
Education made up 11.3% of government spending in United States in 2021. The value for 2021 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2015.
United States, 2021
11.3%
Change from 2020
−0.9percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021
11.5%
Education share of public spending in United States 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.
| Period | United States |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 11.3% |
| 2020 | 12.2% |
| 2019 | 13.3% |
| 2018 | 13.1% |
| 2017 | 13.9% |
| 2016 | 13.2% |
| 2015 | 13.5% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9 percentage points from 12.2% in 2020.
- Since 2015, when it was 13.5%, the figure has changed by −2.3 percentage points.