Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Vietnam
Vietnam: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.9% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Vietnam, 2008–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2022, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Vietnam stood at 2.9%. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Vietnam peaked at 4.9% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2022.
That places Vietnam 154th out of 199 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 3.1% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 151 Ghana 2.9% compare
- 153 San Marino 2.9% compare
- 155 Nicaragua 2.9% compare
- 156 Suriname 2.9% compare
- 157 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.8% compare
More education data for Vietnam
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 380,535 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.9 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Vietnam?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Vietnam was 2.9% in 2022, 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 2008.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2022.
- How does Vietnam rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Vietnam ranks 154th out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.