Education
Education spending / GDP
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
Countries compared
8 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 4.07% for Italy in 2022, over a series running from 1970 to 2022 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (United States, 5.42%) to the lowest (South Sudan, 1.57%).
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Year by year values
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| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sudan | Sierra Leone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.9% | 2.62% | ||||||
| 2022 | 4.07% | 4.59% | 5.18% | 4.91% | ||||
| 2021 | 4.17% | 4.81% | 5.38% | 5.42% | 5.59% | |||
| 2020 | 4.42% | 4.85% | 5.29% | 5.4% | 5.35% | |||
| 2019 | 4.08% | 4.2% | 5.06% | 4.96% | 4.65% | |||
| 2018 | 4.24% | 4.15% | 5.27% | 4.9% | 4.47% | |||
| 2017 | 4.03% | 4.18% | 5.09% | 5.09% | 3.02% | |||
| 2016 | 3.8% | 4.19% | 5.39% | 4.78% | 1.57% | 1.85% | ||
| 2015 | 4.05% | 4.25% | 5.28% | 4.93% | 1.47% | 3.22% | ||
| 2014 | 4.04% | 4.28% | 5.4% | 1.23% | 1.74% | |||
| 2013 | 4.12% | 4.33% | 5.48% | 1.02% | 1.56% | |||
| 2012 | 4.03% | 4.46% | 5.37% | 1.58% | 1.78% | |||
| 2011 | 4.09% | 4.72% | 5.42% | 0.96% | 1.62% | |||
| 2010 | 4.32% | 4.84% | 5.46% | 1.05% | 1.57% | |||
| 2009 | 4.5% | 4.9% | 5.39% | 2.02% | 1.72% | |||
| 2008 | 4.37% | 4.52% | 5% | 1.85% | 1.45% | |||
| 2007 | 4.09% | 4.25% | 4.86% | 1.52% | ||||
| 2006 | 4.5% | 4.18% | 5.02% | 1.55% | ||||
| 2005 | 4.22% | 4.14% | 5.09% | 1.18% | 1.81% | |||
| 2004 | 4.37% | 4.15% | 5.04% | 1.31% | 2.01% | |||
| 2003 | 4.53% | 4.17% | 5.02% | 2.11% | ||||
| 2002 | 4.42% | 4.13% | 4.79% | 1.16% | 2.3% | |||
| 2001 | 4.63% | 4.11% | 4.69% | 2.23% | ||||
| 2000 | 4.28% | 4.17% | 4.58% | 1.01% | 4.95% | |||
| 1999 | 4.5% | 4.26% | 4.5% | 1.87% | ||||
| 1998 | 4.44% | 4.29% | 4.53% | 1.83% | ||||
| 1996 | 4.44% | 4.46% | 4.49% | 1.84% | ||||
| 1995 | 4.31% | 4.44% | 4.57% | 1.83% | ||||
| 1994 | 4.42% | 4.49% | 4.66% | 1.98% | ||||
| 1993 | 4.72% | 4.25% | 4.75% | 1.65% | ||||
| 1992 | 3.84% | 1.65% | ||||||
| 1991 | 3.75% | 5.15% | ||||||
| 1990 | 3.64% | 5.22% | ||||||
| 1989 | 3.55% | |||||||
| 1988 | 4.58% | 3.33% | 5.46% | 1.76% | ||||
| 1987 | 3.13% | 5.89% | 1.8% | |||||
| 1986 | 4.64% | 5.55% | 2.06% | |||||
| 1985 | 4.68% | 5.46% | 2% | |||||
| 1984 | 4.76% | 5.08% | 1.99% | |||||
| 1983 | 4.48% | 5.49% | 2.07% | |||||
| 1982 | 5.69% | 2.03% | ||||||
| 1981 | 5.74% | 1.95% | ||||||
| 1980 | 5.88% | 1.91% | ||||||
| 1979 | 4.15% | 2.34% | 6.08% | 2.14% | ||||
| 1978 | 3.77% | 2.23% | 6.18% | 1.96% | ||||
| 1977 | 2.08% | 6.17% | 1.75% | |||||
| 1976 | 3.91% | 1.9% | 6.3% | 1.81% | ||||
| 1975 | 3.7% | 6.36% | 1.71% | |||||
| 1974 | 3.83% | 1.46% | 6.33% | 1.76% | ||||
| 1973 | 5.83% | 1.65% | ||||||
| 1972 | 2.07% | 6.31% | 1.6% | |||||
| 1971 | 2.89% | 1.89% | 6.32% | 1.39% | ||||
| 1970 | 3.36% | 1.83% | 6.21% |
World Bank definition
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
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