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Australia: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

13.94percent · 2022-9.4% since 2012

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Australia from 2000 to 2022.

20002022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202213.945
202113.145
202014.456
201915.293
201815.108
201714.85
201614.891
201514.882
201415.033
201315.563
201215.394
201117.127
201017.116
200914.795
200815.076
200715.095
200615.626
200515.824
200415.513
200315.616
200215.551
200115.165
200014.427

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgovexp-imfcalc (accessed 2026-11-10). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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