Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Macao
Macao: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Macao, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Macao recorded 3.5% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is down 42.2% on the previous year and up 70.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Macao peaked at 6.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2007.
Macao ranks 127th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.0% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.0% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 3.5% | 6.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More education data for Macao
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2,896 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 0.676 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Macao?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Macao was 3.5% 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 Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 6.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2007.
- How does Macao rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Macao ranks 127th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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.