Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 5.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Tajikistan, 1993–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Tajikistan recorded 5.4% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Tajikistan peaked at 8.2% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 1996.
Tajikistan ranks 40th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 2.0% | 8.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 3.1% | 2.3% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 3.9% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 4.4% | 5.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tajikistan
More education data for Tajikistan
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 35.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 37,890 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.04 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Tajikistan?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Tajikistan was 5.4% 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 Tajikistan?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 1993.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Tajikistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 1996.
- How does Tajikistan rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Tajikistan ranks 40th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Tajikistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tajikistan 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.