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Uganda: Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

2.56percent · 2022+42.5% since 2012

Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.FSGOV. Annual figures for Uganda from 2000 to 2022.

20002022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20222.561
20212.636
20202.572
20192.308
20182.131UIS_EST
20172.254UIS_EST
20162.138UIS_EST
20152.322UIS_EST
20141.915
20131.871
20121.797
20112.299
20101.727
20044.952
20002.462UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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