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

7.52percent · 2022-11.6% since 2012

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Japan from 2005 to 2022.

20052022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20227.521
20217.411
20207.293
20198.146
20188.129
20178.153
20168.196
20158.374
20148.534
20138.464
20128.504
20118.537
20108.784
20098.931
20089.128
20079.413
20069.394
20059.327

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). Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgovexp-imfcalc (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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