Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Georgia
Georgia: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Georgia, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Georgia stood at 4.0%.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Georgia peaked at 6.9% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2012.
That places Georgia 109th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.7% | 2.1% | 6.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.6% | 2.1% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More education data for Georgia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 32,424 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.8 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Georgia?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Georgia was 4.0% in 2024, 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 Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 1994.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2012.
- How does Georgia rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Georgia ranks 109th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Georgia 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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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.