Education
Education / gov. budget
SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sudan, Serbia. 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.
- Latest value, Italy
- 7.41%2022
- Period covered
- 1983 - 202234 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 11.97%Netherlands, 2022
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 0%South Sudan, 2024
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Netherlands11.97%2022
China11.91%2023
United States11.29%2021
Sudan10.78%2009
Spain9.88%2022
Serbia8.38%2023
Italy7.41%2022
South Sudan0%2024
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sudan | Serbia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0% | |||||||
| 2023 | 11.91% | 8.38% | ||||||
| 2022 | 7.41% | 9.88% | 11.97% | 7.45% | ||||
| 2021 | 7.44% | 9.72% | 11.72% | 11.29% | 7.09% | |||
| 2020 | 7.78% | 9.43% | 11.07% | 12.16% | ||||
| 2019 | 8.42% | 10% | 12.01% | 13.27% | 8.6% | |||
| 2018 | 8.78% | 10% | 12.41% | 13.15% | 8.8% | |||
| 2017 | 8.25% | 10.18% | 11.9% | 13.88% | 9.26% | |||
| 2016 | 7.75% | 9.95% | 12.27% | 13.17% | 8.69% | |||
| 2015 | 8.07% | 9.73% | 11.66% | 13.55% | 3.32% | |||
| 2014 | 7.97% | 9.49% | 11.56% | 4.13% | ||||
| 2013 | 8.1% | 9.38% | 11.54% | 3.23% | ||||
| 2012 | 7.99% | 9.06% | 11.27% | |||||
| 2011 | 8.35% | 10.27% | 11.34% | 3.95% | 10.18% | |||
| 2010 | 8.67% | 10.55% | 11.17% | |||||
| 2009 | 8.82% | 10.62% | 11.12% | 10.78% | 10.48% | |||
| 2008 | 9.16% | 10.93% | 11.29% | 9.39% | ||||
| 2007 | 8.77% | 10.84% | 11.23% | 9.98% | ||||
| 2006 | 9.47% | 10.89% | 11.42% | 8.25% | ||||
| 2005 | 8.97% | 10.77% | 11.72% | 5.97% | ||||
| 2004 | 9.36% | 10.71% | 11.28% | 7.95% | ||||
| 2003 | 9.64% | 10.88% | 10.97% | |||||
| 2002 | 9.5% | 10.7% | 10.69% | 11.04% | ||||
| 2001 | 9.83% | 10.7% | 10.64% | |||||
| 2000 | 9.23% | 10.65% | 10.61% | 9.12% | ||||
| 1999 | 9.56% | 10.67% | 10.16% | 12.63% | ||||
| 1998 | 9.25% | 10.47% | 10.16% | 14.55% | ||||
| 1996 | 9.13% | 10.74% | 8.7% | 19.51% | ||||
| 1995 | 8.61% | 10.66% | 9.67% | 18.72% | ||||
| 1994 | 8.25% | 10.27% | 9.56% | 20.06% | ||||
| 1993 | 8.73% | 10.05% | 9.67% | 14.77% | ||||
| 1992 | 9.73% | 12.29% | ||||||
| 1991 | 10.03% | 11.07% | ||||||
| 1990 | 10.14% | 10.99% | ||||||
| 1989 | 10.34% | |||||||
| 1988 | 0% | 9.64% | 10.56% | 10.74% | ||||
| 1987 | 8.84% | 11.3% | 9.46% | |||||
| 1986 | 0% | 10.83% | 10.44% | |||||
| 1985 | 0% | 10.5% | 10.69% | |||||
| 1984 | 0% | 9.87% | 9.76% | |||||
| 1983 | 0% | 10.64% | 9.56% | |||||
| 1982 | 11.41% | 0% | ||||||
| 1981 | 12.07% | 0% |
World Bank definition
Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). 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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