Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government was 14.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 2000–2024
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 WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) is 14.7%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 17.6% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2019.
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 8th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.2% | — |
| 2001 | 14.9% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 15.3% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 15.9% | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 15.8% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 16.6% | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 17.6% | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 17.3% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 15.7% | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 15.5% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 16.9% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 17.5% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 17.4% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 15.1% | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 16.0% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 15.8% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 16.8% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 15.0% | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14.7% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.0% | 14.9% | 17.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 16.1% | 14.5% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 14.5% | 15.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 14.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.6% in 2008.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2019.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 8th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Lower 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