Government spending on education, share of government spending in Bangladesh

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Bangladesh was 11.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.1 pts from 2024. That is the 87th highest of 156 countries in 2022.

202511.9%
Change on 2024-0.1 pts
Rank87th of 156Countries ranked
Series high20.52000
Series low5.31980

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Bangladesh, 1980 to 2025

51015202519801986199720042012201920251980: 5.3 %1981: 6.6 %1982: 6.4 %1983: 6.5 %1984: 8.1 %1985: 8.4 %1986: 9.1 %1987: 10.5 %1990: 11.2 %1991: 11.1 %1992: 12.5 %1993: 12.1 %1997: 15.2 %1999: 18.1 %2000: 20.5 %2001: 18.6 %2002: 15.7 %2003: 16.7 %2004: 16 %2006: 17.3 %2007: 18.2 %2008: 17.8 %2009: 14 %2011: 16.8 %2012: 15.7 %2013: 14 %2014: 13.3 %2015: 12 %2016: 11 %2018: 14.2 %2019: 8.7 %2020: 15 %2021: 12.8 %2022: 12.4 %2023: 13 %2024: 12 %2025: 11.9 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 37 values
Period%
202511.9
202412
202313
202212.4
202112.8
202015
20198.7
201814.2
201611
201512
201413.3
201314
201215.7
201116.8
200914
200817.8
200718.2
200617.3
200416
200316.7
200215.7
200118.6
200020.5
199918.1
199715.2
199312.1
199212.5
199111.1
199011.2
198710.5
19869.1
19858.4
19848.1
19836.5
19826.4
19816.6
19805.3

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Definition

General government expenditure on education as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors. Calculated and published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

A share of the government budget, not of GDP; for that see education_expenditure_gdp. UIS divides by total government spending from IMF figures or, for some countries, from government budget documents, so a recent year can be revised. Countries only; UIS publishes no World figure.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.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 government spending in Bangladesh?

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Bangladesh was 11.9% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.1 pts from 2024. That is the 87th highest of 156 countries in 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

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

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

20.5% in 2000, the highest value since 1980 in this series.

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