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Hong Kong: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

12.66percent · 2022-28.6% since 2012

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Hong Kong from 2002 to 2022.

20022022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202212.657
202114.857
202012.822
201917.486
201819.68
201717.836
201617.047
201516.783
201417.505
201316.261
201217.736
201117.522
201019.392
200918.191
200817.609
200719.762
200620.049
200518.261
200419.935
200319.782
200219.123

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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