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South Africa: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

19.14percent · 2025+2.4% since 2015

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMF. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202519.141
202418.515
202319.171
202218.893
202118.937
202019.656
201919.606
201818.902
201718.719
201618.049
201518.699
201418.989
201318.697
201219.67
201118.662
201018.044
200918.306
200817.906
200718.027
200618.005
200519.925
200419.935
200319.592
200220.096
200120.472
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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-imf (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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