Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: 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: 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: Middle Income (july 2025) is 13.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 16.2% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 2023.
That places WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 14th 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: Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.2% | — |
| 2001 | 15.3% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 15.4% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 15.3% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 15.4% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 16.0% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 15.9% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 15.9% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 15.5% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 15.2% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 15.6% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 15.9% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 15.4% | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 15.7% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 15.5% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 15.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14.3% | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 14.5% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 13.9% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 13.7% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 13.8% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.5% | 15.2% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.5% | 14.3% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.1% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
- 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
- 16 Costa Rica 20.4% compare
- 17 Burkina Faso 20.3% compare
More education data for WB: Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 305.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.2528 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 78.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 161.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 589.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 283.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4208 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 247.51 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: 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: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2% in 2014.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 2023.
- How does WB: Middle Income (july 2025) rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 14th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in WB: Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: 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