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Cambodia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Cambodia, 1998–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.18%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +73.2% since 1998
Education spending for Cambodia was 2.18% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 18 years, from 1998 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 2.25% in 2020. The lowest was 1.21% in 2011 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.22% per year.
Cambodia ranks 158 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Cambodia sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 38%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.18%
First (1998)
1.26%
Change
+73.2%
Highest
2.25%
in 2020
Lowest
1.21%
in 2011
Average
1.63%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.22%
Years of data
18
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.18% |
| 2022 | 1.96% |
| 2021 | 1.96% |
| 2020 | 2.25% |
| 2019 | 2.13% |
| 2018 | 1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.45% |
| 2013 | 1.58% |
| 2012 | 1.23% |
| 2011 | 1.21% |
| 2010 | 1.25% |
| 2009 | 1.39% |
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.