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Bangladesh — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Bangladesh, 1979–2024.
Latest value · 2024
2.03%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +79.9% since 1979
Education spending for Bangladesh was 2.03% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 38 years, from 1979 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 2.20% in 2007. The lowest was 0.94% in 1980 (about 2.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.31% per year.
Bangladesh ranks 159 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for South Asia is 4.10%, so Bangladesh sits below it. It peaked in 2007 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
2.03%
First (1979)
1.13%
Change
+79.9%
Highest
2.20%
in 2007
Lowest
0.94%
in 1980
Average
1.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.31%
Years of data
38
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.03% |
| 2023 | 2.16% |
| 2022 | 2.09% |
| 2021 | 2.17% |
| 2020 | 2.14% |
| 2019 | 1.13% |
| 2018 | 2.09% |
| 2017 | 2.11% |
| 2016 | 1.28% |
| 2015 | 1.87% |
| 2014 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 1.97% |
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.