Government expenditure on education, total

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
201
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    UNESCO

    Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Detailed documentation is available at: https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/documentation/, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), date accessed: 2026-03-19, date published: 2026-02

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Algeria202515.54percent
Andorra202512.13percent
Angola20256.52percent
Antigua and Barbuda20255.87percent
Armenia20258.71percent
Azerbaijan202511.92percent
Bahamas202510.62percent
Bahrain20258.34percent
Bangladesh202511.88percent
Barbados202514.19percent

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