Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education as a percentage of GDP (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
63
Highest
1.5%
Bolivia
Lowest
0.0%
Malaysia
Median
0.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
565
What the numbers show
Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary vocational education as a percentage of GDP (%) is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 1.5% in Bolivia; the lowest is 0.0% in Malaysia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 0.3%.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 1,002.8%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 100.0%).
Government expenditure on secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1.0% | 2022 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 3 | Finland | 0.9% | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 4 | Aruba | 0.8% | 2016 | — | falling |
| 5 | Slovakia | 0.7% | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | Israel | 0.7% | 2018 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 7 | Czechia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 8 | Slovenia | 0.6% | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 0.6% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 10 | Austria | 0.6% | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 11 | Norway | 0.5% | 2022 | down 20.6% | flat |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 0.5% | 2022 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 0.5% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 0.5% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 15 | Hungary | 0.5% | 2022 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2022 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 17 | Switzerland | 0.5% | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 18 | Poland | 0.5% | 2022 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 19 | Niger | 0.5% | 2018 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 0.5% | 2021 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 0.4% | 2014 | down 20.6% | flat |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 0.4% | 2017 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 23 | Iceland | 0.4% | 2022 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 24 | Romania | 0.4% | 2022 | up 1,002.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Turkey | 0.4% | 2022 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 26 | Latvia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 27 | France | 0.4% | 2022 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 28 | Estonia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 29 | Moldova | 0.4% | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 30 | Iran | 0.3% | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 31 | New Zealand | 0.3% | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 32 | Senegal | 0.3% | 2022 | up 45.6% | flat |
| 33 | South Africa | 0.3% | 2024 | up 450.5% | rising |
| 34 | Mexico | 0.3% | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 35 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2022 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 36 | Greece | 0.3% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 37 | Mali | 0.3% | 2021 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 38 | Chile | 0.2% | 2022 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 39 | Kenya | 0.2% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 40 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2016 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 41 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2022 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 42 | Vietnam | 0.2% | 2013 | — | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 0.2% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 0.2% | 2016 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 45 | Malta | 0.2% | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 46 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2% | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 47 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2% | 2021 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 48 | Uganda | 0.1% | 2014 | — | falling |
| 49 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 50 | Russia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 51 | Guinea | 0.1% | 2018 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 52 | Afghanistan | 0.1% | 2017 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 53 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 54 | San Marino | 0.1% | 2022 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 55 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2015 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 56 | Comoros | 0.1% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 58 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Laos | 0.0% | 2014 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 60 | Gabon | 0.0% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Peru | 0.0% | 2024 | up 570.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release