Education spending in Vanuatu

Government spending on education in Vanuatu was equal to 7.6% of GDP in 2024.

Vanuatu, 2024 7.6% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 7.6%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Vanuatu (2024).

Education spending in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2024 7.6% –
2023 7.6% 3.6%
2022 10.7% 3.9%
2021 10.1% 4.2%
2020 2.2% 4.3%
2019 1.8% 4.2%
2018 8.6% 4.2%
2017 4.5% 4.1%
2016 7.7% 4.2%
2015 5.4% 4.2%
2014 5.2% 4.2%
2013 – 4.3%
2012 – 4.0%
2011 – 4.1%
2010 – 4.2%
2009 5.2% 4.7%
2008 6.0% 4.2%
2007 – 4.0%
2006 – 4.0%
2005 – 4.0%
2004 – 3.9%
2003 8.4% 4.1%
2002 8.1% 3.9%
2001 9.0% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 7.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5.2%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.

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
1994 to 2024 for Vanuatu
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