Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government was 13.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in UIS calculation.
Analysis
In 2024, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 13.3%.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 16.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 2023.
That places WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 22nd 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 24 years of available data.
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | UIS calculation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.3% | — |
| 2001 | 16.4% | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 15.8% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 15.7% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 15.1% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 15.2% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 15.1% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 15.1% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 15.9% | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 15.3% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 15.2% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 15.0% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 15.2% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 16.1% | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 16.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 14.7% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 14.5% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 14.1% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 13.9% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 13.6% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 13.1% | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 13.1% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 13.3% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.5% | 15.1% | 16.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 14.1% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.4% | 13.1% | 13.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- 19 Kiribati 20.1% compare
- 20 Kyrgyzstan 19.6% compare
- 21 Vanuatu 19.3% compare
- 22 Tajikistan 19.3% compare
- 23 Eswatini 19.2% compare
- 24 Peru 19.2% compare
- 25 Syrian Arab Republic 19.2% compare
More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 123.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3514 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) was 13.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest expenditure on education as a percentage of total government recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 2023.
- How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 22nd out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is expenditure on education as a percentage of total government rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Upper 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