Public expenditure on education as % of GDP is the total public expenditure (current and capital) on education expressed as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a given year. Public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and transfers/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 | |
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| Brunei Darussalam | 6.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | ||||||||||
| China | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||||
| हांगकांग | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| Japan | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | |||
| Kiribati | 4.8 | 10.1 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 14.2 | ||||||
| Republic of Korea | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||||||||
| Malaysia | 6.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | |||
| Singapore | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| Solomon Islands | 7.5 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.3 | |||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||||||||||
| Pakistan | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | |
| Indonesia | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | |||
| New Zealand | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 | |||||
| Myanmar | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |||||||||||
| Thailand | 5.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||||
| Australia | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| Fiji | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | |||
| Philippines | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||||||
| Bangladesh | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | |||
| Tonga | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.1 | ||||||||||
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| Tuvalu | 7.0 | 12.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | ||
| Vanuatu | 7.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 8.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 10.6 | |||||||
| Armenia | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.2 | ||
| Georgia | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||
| Tajikistan | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| Cambodia | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | |||
| Marshall Islands | 9.9 | 7.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 6.7 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.5 | ||||||||
| Mongolia | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | |||
| Samoa | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 6.1 | ||||
| Bhutan | 5.8 | 6.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 5.8 | |||
| India | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | |||
| Nepal | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| Nauru | 6.3 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.8 | |||||||||||
| Palau | 7.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | |||||||||||||
| Maldives | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Timor-Leste | 11.1 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.0 | ||||||
| Viet Nam | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | |||||
| Uzbekistan | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | |||||
| Turkmenistan | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 |