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

0.31percent · 2022-0.9% since 2011

Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.5T8.FSGOV. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 2001 to 2022.

20012022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20220.307
20210.403
20200.425
20180.412
20170.336
20160.391
20150.409
20140.375
20130.331
20120.272
20110.31
20100.273
20090.374
20010.36

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 tertiary education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-5t8-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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