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

10.76percent · 2023-51.0% since 2013

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Singapore from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202310.762
202210.073
202113.065
202011.215
201916.48
201816.086
201717.264
201617.65
201516.389
201419.962
201321.959
201221.335
201120.837
201021.021
200918.332
200818.649
200720.817
200619.936
200521.612
200421.598
200321.935
200223.375
200119.441
200021.025

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

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