Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4.67 | 4.76 | 5.27 | 6.15 | 6.01 | 5.56 | 5.52 | 5.44 | 5.46 | 5.43 | 5.32 | 5.41 | 5.51 | 5.38 | 5.33 | 5.21 | ||
| Brunei Darussalam | 6.24 | 3.96 | 3.71 | 2.05 | 3.32 | 2.89 | 3.35 | 4.43 | ||||||||||
| Cambodia | 1.67 | 1.53 | 1.51 | 1.41 | 1.48 | 1.57 | 1.70 | 1.87 | 2.10 | 2.45 | 2.83 | 3.00 | 3.01 | 2.88 | 2.95 | |||
| China | 2.39 | 3.56 | 3.81 | 4.30 | 4.13 | 4.11 | 4.24 | 4.21 | 4.11 | 4.02 | 4.06 | 4.23 | 3.99 | 4.02 | ||||
| Fiji | 5.88 | 5.17 | 4.17 | 4.46 | 4.35 | 3.77 | 4.81 | 4.84 | 4.65 | 4.80 | 5.15 | 5.81 | 4.85 | 3.94 | 4.25 | |||
| हांगकांग | 2.47 | 4.13 | 3.51 | 3.42 | 3.51 | 3.76 | 3.57 | 3.26 | 3.29 | 3.31 | 3.33 | 3.81 | 4.41 | 4.00 | 3.73 | 3.80 | ||
| Indonesia | 2.87 | 2.81 | 3.19 | 3.41 | 3.36 | 3.29 | 3.58 | 1.21 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 0.86 | 1.28 | |||
| Japan | 3.46 | 3.31 | 3.60 | 3.61 | 3.42 | 3.41 | 3.42 | 3.31 | 3.15 | 3.13 | 3.08 | 3.16 | 3.31 | 3.34 | 3.24 | |||
| Kiribati | 4.79 | 10.06 | 13.04 | 13.43 | 13.22 | 12.95 | 12.11 | 13.48 | 13.57 | 15.38 | 13.77 | 14.20 | ||||||
| Republic of Korea | 3.41 | 3.04 | 3.53 | 4.45 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.46 | 4.68 | 4.80 | 4.87 | ||||||||
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 1.50 | 2.41 | 1.71 | 1.71 | 1.82 | 3.23 | 2.94 | 2.74 | 2.77 | 2.50 | 2.34 | 2.12 | 1.92 | 1.86 | 1.46 | 1.23 | ||
| Malaysia | 5.97 | 4.97 | 5.76 | 5.74 | 5.48 | 5.03 | 4.70 | 4.35 | 4.18 | 4.13 | 3.98 | 4.52 | 4.26 | 3.50 | 3.63 | |||
| Marshall Islands | 9.92 | 7.54 | ||||||||||||||||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 6.71 | 11.72 | 12.34 | 12.23 | 13.65 | 13.51 | 12.42 | 9.70 | 10.23 | 10.54 | ||||||||
| Mongolia | 5.55 | 4.65 | 4.61 | 5.96 | 5.24 | 5.43 | 4.39 | 5.20 | 4.32 | 4.00 | 3.65 | 4.66 | 3.34 | 4.18 | 3.74 | |||
| Myanmar | 0.79 | 1.59 | 1.84 | 2.01 | 2.25 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 1.99 | 2.00 | |||||||||
| Nauru | 6.25 | 7.99 | 6.81 | 6.01 | 6.10 | 6.22 | 7.81 | |||||||||||
| New Zealand | 6.60 | 6.55 | 6.53 | 5.89 | 5.81 | 5.71 | 5.51 | 5.28 | 5.19 | 5.18 | 5.65 | 5.55 | 5.23 | |||||
| Palau | 7.84 | 3.47 | 3.94 | 3.58 | 3.44 | |||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 1.67 | 0.85 | 1.96 | 1.87 | 0.74 | 1.50 | 1.35 | |||||||||||
| Philippines | 3.16 | 2.33 | 2.66 | 2.83 | 3.30 | 3.96 | 3.86 | 3.41 | 3.86 | 3.87 | 3.58 | 3.62 | ||||||
| Samoa | 3.63 | 4.95 | 4.89 | 4.61 | 5.22 | 4.62 | 4.35 | 3.96 | 4.26 | 4.40 | 4.48 | 5.20 | 4.88 | 6.11 | ||||
| Singapore | 3.32 | 3.20 | 3.08 | 3.03 | 3.07 | 2.85 | 2.92 | 2.86 | 2.87 | 2.76 | 2.86 | 2.73 | 2.69 | 2.82 | 2.49 | 2.19 | ||
| Solomon Islands | 7.48 | 9.64 | 8.33 | 8.49 | 8.29 | |||||||||||||
| Thailand | 5.25 | 3.94 | 3.51 | 4.81 | 3.60 | 3.82 | 3.92 | 3.86 | 3.77 | 3.47 | 3.20 | 3.02 | 3.15 | 2.98 | 2.61 | 2.52 | ||
| Timor-Leste | 11.11 | 10.19 | 7.17 | 5.68 | 7.66 | 6.29 | 6.01 | 5.20 | 4.87 | 4.18 | 3.65 | 2.97 | ||||||
| Tonga | 4.88 | 5.06 | 4.97 | 5.27 | 4.86 | 4.93 | 5.65 | 5.15 | ||||||||||
| Tuvalu | 6.99 | 12.85 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 7.00 | 5.18 | 5.60 | 7.68 | 4.53 | 8.61 | 1.77 | 2.17 | 10.11 | 10.70 | 10.64 | |||||||
| Viet Nam | 4.05 | 3.78 | 4.41 | 4.53 | 3.54 | 3.42 | 3.47 | 3.42 | 3.15 | 3.08 | 3.22 | 2.95 | 2.89 | |||||
| Armenia | 2.77 | 2.71 | 3.25 | 3.14 | 2.77 | 2.65 | 2.25 | 2.81 | 2.76 | 2.71 | 2.26 | 2.57 | 2.71 | 2.77 | 2.49 | 0.24 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 3.85 | 2.97 | 2.78 | 2.44 | 2.07 | 2.44 | 2.63 | 2.95 | 2.90 | 2.47 | 2.46 | 3.18 | 4.33 | 3.70 | 3.05 | 3.58 | ||
| Georgia | 2.18 | 2.48 | 2.80 | 2.51 | 1.86 | 3.47 | 3.00 | 3.16 | 3.52 | 3.52 | 3.46 | 3.83 | 3.85 | 3.59 | 3.75 | 3.74 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 3.26 | 2.26 | 3.59 | 3.61 | 3.90 | 3.45 | 3.43 | 3.34 | 3.56 | 3.39 | 3.15 | 3.35 | 4.45 | 4.39 | 4.46 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 3.51 | 4.87 | 5.82 | 6.79 | 7.38 | 6.78 | 6.47 | 6.97 | 6.59 | 6.03 | 5.55 | 6.07 | 6.62 | 6.17 | 7.17 | 6.83 | ||
| Tajikistan | 2.33 | 3.51 | 4.01 | 3.94 | 4.02 | 5.29 | 5.59 | 4.97 | 5.73 | 5.54 | 5.39 | 5.48 | 5.74 | 5.70 | 5.72 | 5.81 | ||
| Turkmenistan | 3.05 | 3.12 | 3.76 | 3.85 | 3.73 | 2.75 | ||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 5.82 | 6.03 | 5.74 | 5.71 | 5.49 | 5.42 | 5.03 | 4.84 | 6.30 | 4.95 | 5.37 | 5.23 | 5.47 | |||||
| Afghanistan | 3.48 | 3.46 | 2.60 | 3.45 | 3.70 | 3.26 | 4.54 | 4.34 | ||||||||||
| Bangladesh | 1.52 | 2.13 | 2.13 | 2.05 | 1.97 | 2.10 | 1.87 | 2.22 | 1.85 | 1.66 | 1.68 | 1.77 | 1.83 | 1.71 | 1.78 | |||
| Bhutan | 5.79 | 6.76 | 3.82 | 4.41 | 5.26 | 5.55 | 5.78 | 5.89 | 6.23 | 5.74 | 4.51 | 5.54 | 6.60 | 7.47 | 5.85 | |||
| India | 4.32 | 3.19 | 3.38 | 3.80 | 4.08 | 3.84 | 3.90 | 4.11 | 4.26 | 4.31 | 4.38 | 3.90 | 4.04 | 4.64 | 4.12 | |||
| Maldives | 5.74 | 5.02 | 3.63 | 3.08 | 4.97 | 3.95 | 3.89 | 4.62 | 4.44 | 3.82 | 3.86 | 4.12 | 5.85 | 4.61 | 4.67 | 5.17 | ||
| Nepal | 2.98 | 3.36 | 3.63 | 3.84 | 3.53 | 3.20 | 3.49 | 3.29 | 3.48 | 3.53 | 3.66 | 3.49 | 4.21 | 3.96 | 3.62 | 3.68 | ||
| Pakistan | 2.52 | 1.84 | 1.67 | 2.05 | 2.00 | 1.98 | 2.24 | 2.20 | 2.39 | 2.42 | 2.14 | 2.33 | 2.21 | 2.06 | 1.69 | 1.97 | 1.87 | |
| Sri Lanka | 2.41 | 1.66 | 1.74 | 1.45 | 1.56 | 1.86 | 2.11 | 3.23 | 2.59 | 1.99 | 1.56 | 1.51 | 1.20 | 1.83 |