Government spending on education, share of GDP in Cambodia

Government spending on education, share of GDP in Cambodia was 2.2% of GDP in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.2 pts from 2022. That is the 151st highest of 163 countries in 2022.

2023, % of GDP2.2
Change on 2022+0.2 pts
Rank151st of 163Countries ranked
Series high2.22020
Series low1.22011

Government spending on education, share of GDP in Cambodia, 1998 to 2023

11.251.51.7522.251998200220092012201820231998: 1.3 % of GDP2000: 1.6 % of GDP2001: 1.7 % of GDP2002: 1.6 % of GDP2004: 1.6 % of GDP2007: 1.4 % of GDP2009: 1.4 % of GDP2010: 1.2 % of GDP2011: 1.2 % of GDP2012: 1.2 % of GDP2013: 1.6 % of GDP2014: 1.4 % of GDP2018: 1.6 % of GDP2019: 2.1 % of GDP2020: 2.2 % of GDP2021: 2 % of GDP2022: 2 % of GDP2023: 2.2 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 18 values
Period% of GDP
20232.2
20222
20212
20202.2
20192.1
20181.6
20141.4
20131.6
20121.2
20111.2
20101.2
20091.4
20071.4
20041.6
20021.6
20011.7
20001.6
19981.3

Rankings

Definition

General government expenditure on education at all levels (current, capital and transfers), as a percentage of GDP. Includes spending funded by international transfers to government. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Government spending only: fees and other money paid by households and private bodies are left out, so countries where families pay a large share show lower values. For some countries UIS takes the figure from government budget documents, so a recent year can be revised when final accounts come in. Countries only; UIS publishes no World figure.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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What is the government spending on education, share of GDP in Cambodia?

Government spending on education, share of GDP in Cambodia was 2.2% of GDP in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.2 pts from 2022. That is the 151st highest of 163 countries in 2022.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest government spending on education, share of GDP in Cambodia?

2.2% of GDP in 2020, the highest value since 1998 in this series.

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