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Lesotho: Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

6.62percent · 2024-49.9% since 2003

Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.FSGOV. Annual figures for Lesotho from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.623
20237.29
20187.284
20178.155UIS_EST
20167.552
20157.643
200812.329
200611.271
200512.08
200411.109
200313.22
200210.1
20019.365
200010.092

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). Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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