Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government was 7.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in UIS calculation.
Analysis
In 2025, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 7.2%. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 59.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 18.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2025.
That places GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.7% | — |
| 2001 | 16.6% | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 16.9% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 13.8% | -18.3% |
| 2004 | 11.1% | -19.8% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | +24.8% |
| 2006 | 13.5% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 11.5% | -14.5% |
| 2009 | 10.3% | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 12.0% | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 11.8% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 10.3% | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 18.9% | +84.0% |
| 2015 | 17.9% | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 18.8% | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 17.7% | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | -8.9% |
| 2025 | 7.2% | -55.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +84.0% | 10.3% | 18.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.9% | 10.3% | 17.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 10.3% | 18.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 44,742 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2013)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,673 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,930 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 15,242 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31,146 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 91,199 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5,370 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 7.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 18.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2025.
- How does GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 43rd out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release