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India — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for India, 1997–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.10%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +21.9% since 1997
Education spending for India was 4.10% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 22 years, from 1997 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 4.63% in 2021. The lowest was 3.14% in 2006 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.80% per year.
India ranks 91 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 53%. The median for South Asia is 4.10%, so India sits level with it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.10%
First (1997)
3.36%
Change
+21.9%
Highest
4.63%
in 2021
Lowest
3.14%
in 2006
Average
3.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.80%
Years of data
22
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.1% |
| 2021 | 4.63% |
| 2020 | 4.29% |
| 2019 | 3.9% |
| 2018 | 4.36% |
| 2017 | 4.31% |
| 2016 | 4.25% |
| 2015 | 4.11% |
| 2014 | 3.9% |
| 2013 | 3.84% |
| 2012 | 3.87% |
| 2011 | 3.8% |
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.