Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Gibraltar
Gibraltar: Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS was 8.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Gibraltar, 2010–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Gibraltar recorded 8.6% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.8% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Gibraltar peaked at 9.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.7%, in 2012.
That places Gibraltar 168th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services … UIS in Gibraltar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.0% | — |
| 2011 | 5.9% | -25.5% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | -20.4% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | +16.5% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +12.7% |
| 2016 | 8.0% | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 7.6% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 7.4% | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 7.8% | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 7.9% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 9.5% | +19.5% |
| 2025 | 8.6% | -9.8% |
Gibraltar compared with similar countries
- Gibraltar's 8.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 11.4%, 75% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Gibraltar's 8.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11.9%, 72% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.8% | 4.7% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.1% | 7.1% | 9.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gibraltar
More education data for Gibraltar
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2,582 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 33 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), per capita 0.0357 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,403 (2024)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 6.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Gibraltar?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Gibraltar was 8.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Gibraltar?
- The highest recorded value was 9.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Gibraltar?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.7% in 2012.
- How does Gibraltar rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Gibraltar ranks 168th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Gibraltar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gibraltar data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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