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Chile — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Chile, 1974–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.91%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +34.0% since 1974
Education spending for Chile was 4.91% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1974 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.63% in 2020. The lowest was 2.23% in 1990 (about 2.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.61% per year.
Chile ranks 59 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 34%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Chile sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 13% since. Over the last decade (2013–2022) the figure moved up 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.91%
First (1974)
3.67%
Change
+34.0%
Highest
5.63%
in 2020
Lowest
2.23%
in 1990
Average
3.90%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.61%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.91% |
| 2021 | 5% |
| 2020 | 5.63% |
| 2019 | 5.63% |
| 2018 | 5.47% |
| 2017 | 5.43% |
| 2016 | 5.37% |
| 2015 | 4.9% |
| 2014 | 4.75% |
| 2013 | 4.55% |
| 2011 | 4.06% |
| 2010 | 4.19% |
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.