Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government was 13.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in UIS calculation.
Analysis
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 13.8% for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 16.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 13.8%, in 2024.
That places WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 12th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.2% | — |
| 2001 | 14.8% | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 15.4% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 15.7% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 15.7% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16.4% | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 15.9% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 15.5% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 15.0% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 15.2% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 15.5% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 15.8% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 15.1% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 15.5% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 15.5% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 15.6% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14.3% | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 14.4% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 14.1% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 14.1% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 13.8% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.6% | 14.8% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 14.3% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.2% | 13.8% | 14.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- 9 Uzbekistan 22.1% compare
- 10 Kazakhstan 22.0% compare
- 11 Botswana 21.5% compare
- 12 Senegal 20.9% compare
- 13 Dominican Republic 20.9% compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 20.5% compare
- 15 Mozambique 20.4% compare
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 13.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.8% in 2024.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 12th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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