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Zambia: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

8.82percent · 2021-34.5% since 2010

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (IMF calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMFCALC. Annual figures for Zambia from 2001 to 2021.

20012021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20218.816
202010.735
201910.52
201715.049
201613.636
201514.728
201417.833
201314.1
201215.997
201113.153
201013.456
200916.404
200816.379
200713.628
200624.017
20059.831
200413.78
200319.836
200222.364
200115.927

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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