Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cambodia
Cambodia: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cambodia, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 2.2% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is up 11.4% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cambodia peaked at 2.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2011.
That places Cambodia 176th out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More education data for Cambodia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 109.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,016 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.55 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cambodia?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cambodia was 2.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2011.
- How does Cambodia rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Cambodia ranks 176th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.