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

0.73percent · 2021+4.3% since 2011

Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.5T8.FSGOV. Annual figures for Japan from 2000 to 2021.

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20210.732
20200.695
20190.64
20180.627
20170.626
20160.623
20150.665
20140.72
20130.749
20120.703
20110.702
20100.723
20080.617
20070.603
20060.574
20050.572
20040.615
20030.582
20020.507
20010.512
20000.525

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 tertiary education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-5t8-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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