World Bank · Education
Expenditure on primary education
Expenditure on primary education is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on education. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
- Coverage
- 186 of 238 countries
- Latest data
- 2019
- Series
- 186
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Retrieved
- 2026-11-05
- Indicator
- expenditure-on-primary-education
- Interva ID
- worldbank-expenditure-on-primary-education
Recency
stale
data to 2019; catalog to 2025
Provenance
2 steps
as the publisher declares it
Versions
1
catalog snapshots
Citation
BibTeX + CSL
versioned permalink
Quality profile
This profile describes what Interva can measure in the data. It does not claim the dataset is accurate, complete, or suitable for a particular use.
Recency
0%Latest observation is 2019; the catalog broadly reports to 2025, so this data is 6 year(s) behind (stale).
Method: Compares the dataset's latest non-projected period with the year most datasets in the catalog end in. Up to 2 years behind is current — annual data is routinely published a year or two late — and more than 5 is stale. Measured from the data, not from when Interva last crawled it.
Temporal completeness
60%161 of 186 series skip at least one year inside their own span; the median series reports 60% of its years.
Method: Per series, years present divided by years from its first to its last observation; the median across series is reported. Annual periods are assumed, which holds for every series in the catalog today.
Geographic coverage
MeasuredCovers 186 of the 238 countries in the catalog.
Method: Counts distinct geographies with at least one observation. Not scored: a regional dataset covering its region completely is not deficient for omitting the rest of the world.
History depth
MeasuredThe median series has 14 observations; the earliest begins in 1970.
Method: Counts non-projected observations per series. Not scored: a long history is useful for trend work and irrelevant for a cross-section.
Revisions
MeasuredNo observation has been restated in any vintage Interva has recorded.
Method: Counts values the publisher changed between Interva's publishes. Not scored: revising estimates is ordinary and often a sign of care, and the count is here so a reader citing a figure knows whether it moves.
Schema conformity
Not assessedNo declared schema or validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Validity
Not assessedNo field-level validation rules are attached to this dataset yet.
Consistency
Not assessedCross-series consistency rules are not defined yet. The obvious first one — whether two publishers measuring one concept agree within a stated tolerance — is a candidate.
2 scored from the data, 3 described without a score, 3 not assessed. Pipeline integrity: all 5 checks pass. Assessed 2026-11-07.
By country
Expenditure on primary education for each of the 186 countries it covers, with the full history.
- Afghanistan 1971–2017
- Albania 1994–2017
- Algeria 1979–1980
- American Samoa 1974–1976
- Andorra 2002–2018
- Angola 2005–2006
- Antigua and Barbuda 1999–2009
- Argentina 1970–2017
- Armenia 2012–2017
- Aruba 1998–2016
- Australia 1993–2016
- Austria 1970–2016
- Bahrain 1970–2015
- Bangladesh 1979–2012
- Barbados 1971–2016
- Belgium 1979–2016
- Belize 1999–2017
- Benin 2000–2015
- Bermuda 1973–2017
- Bhutan 1971–2014
- Botswana 1971–2009
- Brazil 1995–2015
- Brunei Darussalam 1970–2016
- Bulgaria 1998–2013
- Burkina Faso 1978–2015
- Burundi 1979–2013
- Cabo Verde 2002–2017
- Cambodia 1998–2014
- Cameroon 1971–2013
- Cayman Islands 2005–2006
- Central African Republic 1978–2010
- Chad 1997–2012
- Chile 1974–2017
- China 1980–1999
- Colombia 1979–2018
- Comoros 1971–2015
- Congo 1970–2010
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 2010–2013
- Costa Rica 1980–2018
- Côte d'Ivoire 1970–2018
- Cuba 1991–2010
- Curaçao 2013–2013
- Cyprus 1970–2016
- Czechia 1993–2016
- Denmark 1977–2014
- Djibouti 1970–2016
- Dominica 1989–2015
- Dominican Republic 1970–2007
- Ecuador 1970–2015
- El Salvador 1975–2018
- Equatorial Guinea 1998–1998
- Eritrea 1996–2004
- Estonia 1997–2016
- Eswatini 1976–2014
- Ethiopia 1971–2015
- Fiji 1979–2013
- Finland 1970–2016
- France 1970–1999
- Gabon 1992–2014
- Gambia 1985–2015
- Georgia 2008–2012
- Germany 1993–2016
- Ghana 1971–2014
- Greece 1970–1991
- Grenada 2003–2017
- Guam 1971–1973
- Guatemala 1970–2018
- Guinea 1984–2018
- Guinea-Bissau 2010–2013
- Guyana 1970–2012
- Haiti 1981–1991
- Honduras 1978–2013
- Hong Kong 1971–2018
- Hungary 1970–2016
- Iceland 1990–2016
- India 1999–2013
- Indonesia 1972–2015
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 1971–2018
- Iraq 1977–1989
- Ireland 1971–2016
- Israel 1973–2016
- Italy 1974–2016
- Jamaica 1973–2018
- Japan 2013–2016
- Jordan 1997–2018
- Kazakhstan 2017–2018
- Kenya 1971–2015
- Kiribati 1970–2001
- Korea, Republic of 1970–2016
- Kuwait 1973–2006
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 1992–2014
- Latvia 1998–2016
- Lebanon 1993–1996
- Lesotho 1972–2018
- Liberia 1978–2018
- Libya 1977–1977
- Liechtenstein 2003–2011
- Lithuania 2003–2016
- Luxembourg 1970–2015
- Macao 1998–2003
- Madagascar 1972–2012
- Malawi 1971–2016
- Malaysia 1971–2018
- Maldives 2003–2016
- Mali 1978–2017
- Malta 1973–2015
- Marshall Islands 2002–2002
- Mauritania 1997–2016
- Mauritius 1971–2018
- Mexico 1989–2016
- Micronesia, Federated States of 1972–1972
- Moldova, Republic of 2007–2018
- Monaco 1988–2016
- Mongolia 2004–2017
- Morocco 1973–2009
- Mozambique 2006–2013
- Myanmar 1995–2019
- Namibia 1999–2014
- Nauru 2002–2002
- Nepal 1998–2015
- Netherlands 1970–2016
- New Zealand 1973–2016
- Nicaragua 1970–2010
- Niger 1971–2017
- Nigeria 1974–1975
- North Macedonia 1992–1996
- Norway 1972–2016
- Oman 1986–2009
- Pakistan 1971–2015
- Palau 2001–2001
- Panama 1970–2011
- Papua New Guinea 1972–1977
- Paraguay 1970–2016
- Peru 1973–2018
- Philippines 1980–2009
- Poland 2002–2016
- Portugal 1973–2015
- Puerto Rico 1971–2014
- Qatar 1971–2009
- Romania 1996–2016
- Rwanda 1978–2018
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1985–2015
- Saint Lucia 1972–2018
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1986–2018
- Samoa 1999–2016
- San Marino 1975–2017
- Sao Tome and Principe 2012–2014
- Senegal 1998–2018
- Serbia 2007–2015
- Seychelles 1970–2016
- Sierra Leone 2007–2018
- Singapore 1971–2013
- Slovakia 1992–2016
- Slovenia 1991–2016
- Solomon Islands 1971–1991
- Somalia 1972–1973
- South Africa 1999–2018
- South Sudan 2011–2017
- Spain 1970–2016
- Sri Lanka 1973–2018
- Sudan 1971–1981
- Sweden 1979–2016
- Switzerland 1970–2016
- Syrian Arab Republic 1972–2009
- Tanzania, United Republic of 1971–2014
- Thailand 1971–2013
- Timor-Leste 2011–2014
- Togo 1970–2016
- Tonga 1972–2004
- Trinidad and Tobago 1980–2003
- Tunisia 1980–2008
- Türkiye 1978–1995
- Turks and Caicos Islands 1975–2018
- Tuvalu 1990–1997
- Uganda 1971–2014
- Ukraine 1997–2017
- United Kingdom 1971–2016
- United States 2013–2014
- Uruguay 1979–2017
- Vanuatu 1994–2017
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1970–2009
- Viet Nam 2008–2013
- Virgin Islands, British 1970–2017
- Virgin Islands, U.S. 1975–1978
- Zambia 1970–2017
- Zimbabwe 1979–2014
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar | 2019 | 36.33 | percent |
| Andorra | 2018 | 21.42 | percent |
| Colombia | 2018 | 32.71 | percent |
| Costa Rica | 2018 | 28.67 | percent |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2018 | 47.29 | percent |
| El Salvador | 2018 | 46.16 | percent |
| Guatemala | 2018 | 55.60 | percent |
| Guinea | 2018 | 61.65 | percent |
| Hong Kong | 2018 | 22.08 | percent |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2018 | 33.07 | percent |
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
UNESCO
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Versions
A vintage is a dated publish of the catalog. The current entry is a catalog snapshot; checksums are not recorded yet and are shown as such.
- CurrentCurrent catalog snapshotchecksum not recorded
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Citation
Version: catalog snapshot 2026-11-05. The record labels this as a catalog snapshot because immutable dataset releases are not stored yet.
World Bank (2026). Expenditure on primary education. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expenditure-on-primary-education (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.
@misc{interva-worldbank-expenditure-on-primary-education,
title = {Expenditure on primary education},
author = {World Bank},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expenditure-on-primary-education}},
note = {Interva dataset worldbank-expenditure-on-primary-education; catalog snapshot 2026-11-05},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}DOI: not assigned (not assigned). The permalink is versioned by catalog snapshot; a stable dataset DOI is a later step.
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