Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government was 12.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in UIS calculation.
Analysis
The most recent figure for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 is 12.7%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.6% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 peaked at 17.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 2025.
GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 ranks 25th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024, year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17.7% | — |
| 2002 | 16.4% | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 17.4% | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 14.9% | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 12.8% | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 14.6% | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 15.1% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 16.7% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 17.8% | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 15.3% | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 15.0% | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 13.7% | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 14.8% | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 14.4% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 14.2% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 14.2% | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 12.7% | -10.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.3% | 14.9% | 17.7% | 5 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 12.8% | 17.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.0% | 12.7% | 14.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
- 22 Tajikistan 19.3% compare
- 23 Eswatini 19.2% compare
- 24 Peru 19.2% compare
- 25 Syrian Arab Republic 19.2% compare
- 26 South Africa 19.1% compare
- 27 Belize 18.9% compare
- 28 Iran, Islamic Republic of 18.8% compare
More education data for GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3823 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0909 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 118,929 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1097 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0715 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 654,101 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 221,115 (2024)
All data for GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 was 12.7% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2025.
- How does GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 ranks 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2025.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, 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