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 | |
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Spain | 1.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | |
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 | |
Ecuador | 2.0 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
Dominican Republic | 2.6 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 | |||||
Guatemala | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | |||
Panama | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | |||||
Nicaragua | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||||||
Paraguay | 2.1 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | |
Peru | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | ||
Portugal | 3.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | ||
Chile | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.0 | |||
El Salvador | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 | ||
Colombia | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | |||
Honduras | 6.3 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 4.4 | ||||||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4.2 | 2.4 | |||||||||||||||
Costa Rica | 4.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | ||||
Cuba | 7.7 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.4 | |||||||
Uruguay | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | |||
Mexico | 2.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||||
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 | ||||
Andorra | 1.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | |||
Bolivia | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.7 |