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

1.56percent · 2023-19.2% since 2012

Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.1.FSGOV. Annual figures for Malaysia from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20231.557
20221.471
20201.617
20191.516
20181.524
20171.578
20161.606
20151.625
20141.681
20131.762
20121.928
20111.687
20101.42
20091.653
20081.546
20071.304
20061.243
20041.752
20032.197
20022.388
20012.081
20001.622

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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