Government spending on education, share of government spending in North Korea

Government spending on education, share of government spending in North Korea was 14.6% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.9 pts from 2024. That is the 66th highest of 156 countries in 2022.

202514.6%
Change on 2024+0.9 pts
Rank66th of 156Countries ranked
Series high15.12023
Series low12.82021

Government spending on education, share of government spending in North Korea, 2010 to 2025

12.51313.51414.51515.52010201320162019202220252010: 13.1 %2011: 13.3 %2012: 14 %2013: 14.6 %2014: 14.3 %2015: 14.1 %2016: 13.8 %2017: 14.3 %2018: 15 %2019: 15 %2020: 14.2 %2021: 12.8 %2022: 13.9 %2023: 15.1 %2024: 13.7 %2025: 14.6 %
%. 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 16 values
Period%
202514.6
202413.7
202315.1
202213.9
202112.8
202014.2
201915
201815
201714.3
201613.8
201514.1
201414.3
201314.6
201214
201113.3
201013.1

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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 North Korea?

Government spending on education, share of government spending in North Korea was 14.6% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.9 pts from 2024. That is the 66th 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 North Korea?

15.1% in 2023, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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