Year-over-year change: +6.9 pp, trend up
5-year change: +6.7 pp, trend up
Uzbekistan
Education spending (% of budget, IMF): 28.5% of govt
View MoreGovernment expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure
Global10.7%of govt
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Rankings at a glance
Highest 10 · Government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure (2023)
Among the 44 countries with 2023 data, Uzbekistan has the highest government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure at 28.51% of govt in 2023, followed by Kazakhstan (19.95% of govt) and Kyrgyzstan (19.77% of govt). Tajikistan (19.67% of govt) and Chile (19.48% of govt) complete the top 5. Guatemala (19.35% of govt) and Nicaragua (19.24% of govt) follow close behind. Malaysia (18.89% of govt), Kenya (18.43% of govt), and Costa Rica (18.04% of govt) round out the top ten. The spread across the top ten is substantial: Uzbekistan has 1.6× the figure recorded by Costa Rica (18.04% of govt). Five of the top ten are in Asia, with four from Central Asia. Among these countries, Uzbekistan saw the largest year-over-year change at +6.9 pp.
Rank changes
How government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure changed between 2022 and 2023
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Historical trends
Key terms
- Literacy rate
- — Percentage of population who can read and write a short, simple statement about everyday life.
- Gross enrollment ratio
- — Total enrollment in a level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the eligible school-age population.
- Completion rate
- — Percentage of a cohort of children who complete a given level of education.
- Out-of-school rate
- — Percentage of children of official school age who are not enrolled in school.
- Pupil-teacher ratio
- — Enrolled pupils per TRAINED teacher at a given level of education. It measures how thinly trained teachers are spread, not average class size: the ratio rises when fewer teachers meet the training requirement, whatever happens to the number of pupils in a room.
- Educational attainment
- — Highest level of education completed by the population aged 25 and over.
Frequently asked questions
- Which country has the highest government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure?
- Uzbekistan has the highest government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure among the 44 countries with 2023 data at 28.5% of govt as of 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Which country has the lowest government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure?
- Somalia has the lowest government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure among the 44 countries with 2023 data at 4.0% of govt as of 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the global government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure?
- Weighted by total government expenditure, the global government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure is 10.7% of govt as of 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
