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

2.67percent · 2018+11.3% since 2008

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for India from 2000 to 2018.

20002018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20182.671
20173.387
20162.899
20153.178
20143.889
20133.312
20123.583
20113.148
20103.179
20092.457
20082.4
20072.25
20063.74
20053.208
20042.639
20032.241
20022.314
20012.302
20002.534

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 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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