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Argentina — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Argentina, 1970–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.00%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +243.1% since 1970
Education spending for Argentina was 5.00% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 45 years, from 1970 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.78% in 2015. The lowest was 1.05% in 1989 (about 4.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.35% per year.
Argentina ranks 58 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 34%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Argentina sits above it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.00%
First (1970)
1.46%
Change
+243.1%
Highest
5.78%
in 2015
Lowest
1.05%
in 1989
Average
3.53%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.35%
Years of data
45
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5% |
| 2022 | 4.79% |
| 2021 | 4.65% |
| 2020 | 5.28% |
| 2019 | 4.77% |
| 2018 | 4.88% |
| 2017 | 5.45% |
| 2016 | 5.55% |
| 2015 | 5.78% |
| 2014 | 5.36% |
| 2013 | 5.44% |
| 2012 | 5.35% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.