Education spending in World
Government spending on education in the world was equal to 3.6% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1999.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
3.6%
Change from 2022
−0.3percentage points
European Union, 2022
4.7%
Education spending in World 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.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.6% | – |
| 2022 | 3.9% | 4.7% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | 4.9% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | 4.6% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | 4.6% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | 4.6% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | 4.8% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | 4.9% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | 5.0% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | 4.8% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | 5.1% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | 5.4% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | 5.6% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | 5.0% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | 4.9% |
| 2006 | 4.0% | 4.9% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | 5.1% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | 5.0% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | 5.1% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| 2001 | 3.9% | 5.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 3.9% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 4.3%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.
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Adult literacy rate
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Secondary school enrolment (gross)
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