Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Philippines
Philippines: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Philippines, 1980–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Philippines stood at 4.0%. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Philippines peaked at 4.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1983.
That places Philippines 110th out of 199 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 4 |
| 1990s | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 2.7% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More education data for Philippines
- Duration of pre-primary education 1 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 27.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 94.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 527,504 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.89 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Philippines?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Philippines was 4.0% in 2025, 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1983.
- How does Philippines rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Philippines ranks 110th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.