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India: Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

3.87percent · 2021+39.1% since 2010

Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.FSGOV.FFNTR. Annual figures for India from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20213.874
20204.325
20193.645
20183.929
20173.859
20163.778
20153.695
20133.383
20123.384
20113.276
20102.784
20092.803
20062.61
20052.797
20042.874
20033.171
20004.018

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). Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-fsgov-ffntr (accessed 2026-11-11). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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