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

3.26percent · 2021-11.1% since 2011

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

20002021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20213.259
20203.417
20193.148
20183.058
20173.081
20163.11
20153.194
20143.349
20133.354
20123.399
20113.664
20103.524
20083.343
20073.254
20063.26
20053.296
20043.391
20033.47
20023.456
20013.425
20003.413

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

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