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

7.91percent · 2023-11.1% since 2012

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

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20237.914
20228.105
20218.781
20199.898
20189.832
20179.964
201610.132
20159.829
201410.772
20139.147
20128.9
20118.865
20108.414
20098.687
200810.251
200710.86
200611.038
200510.895
20048.942
20039.545
20029.569
20017.619
20009.604

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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