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Sri Lanka: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

7.22percent · 2024-23.3% since 2013

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMF. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 2009 to 2024.

20092024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20247.223
20238.678
20225.346
20215.039
20205.469
201811.331
201714.5
201617.729
201510.95
201410.824
20139.42
20128.394
20119.11
20108.606
20098.271

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

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