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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Republic of Korea | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||||||||
| France | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| Germany | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | |||
| Italy | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | |||
| Russian Federation | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | |||
| Turkey | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.6 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.0 | ||
| Argentina | 1.5 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | |
| Brazil | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | ||||
| Mexico | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | ||
| United States of America | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| South Africa | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 |