Government spending on education, share of government spending in Nepal

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Nepal was 10.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.5 pts from 2024. That is the 86th highest of 156 countries in 2022.

202510.8%
Change on 2024-0.5 pts
Rank86th of 156Countries ranked
Series high25.52006
Series low10.82025

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Nepal, 2000 to 2025

101520253020002004200820122016202020252000: 19.2 %2001: 21.7 %2002: 20.4 %2003: 21.3 %2004: 21.6 %2005: 22.3 %2006: 25.5 %2007: 21.1 %2008: 22.2 %2009: 19.9 %2010: 16 %2011: 18 %2012: 17.4 %2013: 17.6 %2014: 18.3 %2015: 17 %2016: 19.1 %2017: 17.1 %2018: 14.1 %2019: 12.1 %2020: 15 %2021: 14.4 %2022: 12.4 %2023: 13.1 %2024: 11.3 %2025: 10.8 %
%. 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 26 values
Period%
202510.8
202411.3
202313.1
202212.4
202114.4
202015
201912.1
201814.1
201717.1
201619.1
201517
201418.3
201317.6
201217.4
201118
201016
200919.9
200822.2
200721.1
200625.5
200522.3
200421.6
200321.3
200220.4
200121.7
200019.2

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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 Nepal?

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Nepal was 10.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.5 pts from 2024. That is the 86th 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 Nepal?

25.5% in 2006, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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