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United States: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

13.97percent · 2022-10.4% since 2012

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for United States from 2000 to 2022.

20002022

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202213.971
202112.471
202012.706
201915.303
201815.658
201715.863
201615.945
201516.027
201415.981
201316.011
201215.599
201115.507
201015.562
200915.601
200816.22
200716.706
200616.809
200516.699
200416.962
200316.982
200217.313
200117.689
200017.988

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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