Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Indonesia
Indonesia: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 1.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Indonesia, 1972–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 1.3% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is up 47.6% on the previous year and down 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Indonesia peaked at 3.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2022.
Indonesia ranks 192nd of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.0% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More education data for Indonesia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 1.51 million (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.12 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Indonesia?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Indonesia was 1.3% 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2022.
- How does Indonesia rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Indonesia ranks 192nd out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.