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Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Canada, 1971–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.84%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -37.0% since 1971
Education spending for Canada was 4.84% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 46 years, from 1971 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 7.68% in 1971. The lowest was 4.59% in 2013 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.90% per year.
Canada ranks 62 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 36%. The median for North America is 4.84%, so Canada sits level with it. It peaked in 1971 and has fallen 37% since. Over the last decade (2013–2022) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.84%
First (1971)
7.68%
Change
-37.0%
Highest
7.68%
in 1971
Lowest
4.59%
in 2013
Average
5.88%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.90%
Years of data
46
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.84% |
| 2021 | 4.75% |
| 2020 | 4.89% |
| 2019 | 4.77% |
| 2018 | 4.89% |
| 2017 | 4.96% |
| 2016 | 4.82% |
| 2015 | 4.74% |
| 2014 | 4.84% |
| 2013 | 4.59% |
| 2011 | 5.26% |
| 2010 | 5.36% |
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.