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United States: Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP
1.70percent · 2021
Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.5T8.FSGOV. Annual figures for United States from 2015 to 2021.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.696 | |
| 2020 | 1.792 | |
| 2019 | 1.348 | |
| 2018 | 1.27 | |
| 2017 | 1.453 | |
| 2016 | 1.206 | |
| 2015 | 1.359 |
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 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
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- Ethiopia
- Fiji
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- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
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- Grenada
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- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
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- Iceland
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- Iran, Islamic Republic of
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- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
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- Kyrgyzstan
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- Sierra Leone
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- Slovenia
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- Syrian Arab Republic
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- Tanzania, United Republic of
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