# Government spending on education, share of government spending in China

Government spending on education, share of government spending in China was 11.9% in 2023. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `education_expenditure_govt_share`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: %
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.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 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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| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 11.9 |
| 1999 | 12.6 |
| 1998 | 14.6 |
| 1996 | 19.5 |
| 1995 | 18.7 |
| 1994 | 20.1 |
| 1993 | 14.8 |
| 1992 | 12.3 |
| 1988 | 10.7 |
| 1987 | 9.5 |
| 1986 | 10.4 |
| 1985 | 10.7 |
| 1984 | 9.8 |
| 1983 | 9.6 |