# Government spending on education, share of GDP in Lesotho

Government spending on education, share of GDP in Lesotho was 6.6% of GDP in 2024. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `education_expenditure_gdp`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: % of GDP
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS), via World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: 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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| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 6.6 |
| 2023 | 7.3 |
| 2018 | 7.3 |
| 2017 | 8.2 |
| 2016 | 7.6 |
| 2015 | 7.6 |
| 2008 | 12.3 |
| 2006 | 11.3 |
| 2005 | 12.1 |
| 2004 | 11.1 |
| 2003 | 13.2 |
| 2002 | 10.1 |
| 2001 | 9.4 |
| 2000 | 10.1 |
| 1999 | 12.5 |
| 1997 | 11.4 |
| 1995 | 8.6 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1993 | 8.6 |
| 1989 | 6.2 |
| 1988 | 7.2 |
| 1985 | 7.1 |
| 1984 | 6.4 |
| 1983 | 10.1 |
| 1974 | 4.2 |
| 1973 | 4.9 |
| 1972 | 4.5 |
| 1971 | 4.6 |