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Bhutan — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Bhutan, 1971–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.85%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +211.6% since 1971
Education spending for Bhutan was 5.85% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 1971 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.47% in 2022. The lowest was 1.65% in 1972 (about 3.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.21% per year.
Bhutan ranks 29 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for South Asia is 4.10%, so Bhutan sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.85%
First (1971)
1.88%
Change
+211.6%
Highest
7.47%
in 2022
Lowest
1.65%
in 1972
Average
5.03%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.21%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.85% |
| 2022 | 7.47% |
| 2021 | 6.6% |
| 2020 | 5.47% |
| 2019 | 4.51% |
| 2018 | 6.48% |
| 2017 | 6.62% |
| 2016 | 6.4% |
| 2015 | 6.93% |
| 2014 | 5.46% |
| 2013 | 5.17% |
| 2011 | 4.32% |
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.