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Sri Lanka: Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP

0.32percent · 2022-6.5% since 2012

Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.1.FSGOV. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 2009 to 2022.

20092022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20220.325
20210.399
20200.447
20190.531
20180.593
20170.866
20161.127
20150.597
20140.533
20130.36
20120.347
20110.422
20100.416
20090.582

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

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