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Kiribati — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Kiribati, 1970–2023.
Latest value · 2023
16.39%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +176.5% since 1970
Education spending for Kiribati was 16.39% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 18 years, from 1970 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 3.88% in 1974 (about 4.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.94% per year.
Kiribati ranks 1 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Kiribati sits above it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
16.39%
First (1970)
5.93%
Change
+176.5%
Highest
16.39%
in 2023
Lowest
3.88%
in 1974
Average
11.41%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.94%
Years of data
18
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.39% |
| 2022 | 14.79% |
| 2021 | 13.99% |
| 2020 | 16.23% |
| 2019 | 14.52% |
| 2018 | 12.92% |
| 2017 | 11.48% |
| 2016 | 11.65% |
| 2015 | 10.77% |
| 2014 | 11.51% |
| 2013 | 12.09% |
| 2012 | 12.5% |
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.