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Indonesia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Indonesia, 1972–2023.
Latest value · 2023
1.28%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -54.3% since 1972
Education spending for Indonesia was 1.28% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 28 years, from 1972 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.58% in 2015. The lowest was 0.86% in 2022 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.52% per year.
Indonesia ranks 168 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Indonesia sits below it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 64% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 62%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
1.28%
First (1972)
2.79%
Change
-54.3%
Highest
3.58%
in 2015
Lowest
0.86%
in 2022
Average
2.12%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.52%
Years of data
28
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.28% |
| 2022 | 0.86% |
| 2021 | 1.03% |
| 2020 | 1.02% |
| 2019 | 0.96% |
| 2018 | 0.99% |
| 2017 | 1.05% |
| 2016 | 1.21% |
| 2015 | 3.58% |
| 2014 | 3.29% |
| 2013 | 3.36% |
| 2012 | 3.41% |
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.