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Hong Kong SAR, China — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Hong Kong SAR, China, 1971–2024.
Latest value · 2024
3.81%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +60.7% since 1971
Education spending for Hong Kong SAR, China was 3.81% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 41 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 4.56% in 2004. The lowest was 1.67% in 1982 (about 2.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.90% per year.
Hong Kong SAR, China ranks 102 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Hong Kong SAR, China sits below it. It peaked in 2004 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
3.81%
First (1971)
2.37%
Change
+60.7%
Highest
4.56%
in 2004
Lowest
1.67%
in 1982
Average
3.19%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.90%
Years of data
41
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.81% |
| 2023 | 3.8% |
| 2022 | 3.73% |
| 2021 | 4% |
| 2020 | 4.41% |
| 2019 | 3.81% |
| 2018 | 3.33% |
| 2017 | 3.31% |
| 2016 | 3.29% |
| 2015 | 3.26% |
| 2014 | 3.57% |
| 2013 | 3.76% |
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.