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Japan: Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP

1.13percent · 2021-8.0% since 2011

Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.1.FSGOV. Annual figures for Japan from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20211.131
20201.164
20191.119
20181.079
20171.098
20161.105
20151.174
20141.2
20131.194
20121.218
20111.23
20101.257
20081.152
20071.163
20061.17
20051.184
20041.208
20031.226
20021.213
20011.197
20001.212

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). Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-1-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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