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Lao PDR — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Lao PDR, 1992–2023.
Latest value · 2023
1.23%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -47.2% since 1992
Education spending for Lao PDR was 1.23% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 26 years, from 1992 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.23% in 2013. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.04% per year.
Lao PDR ranks 169 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Lao PDR sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 62% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 62%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
1.23%
First (1992)
2.33%
Change
-47.2%
Highest
3.23%
in 2013
Lowest
1.23%
in 2023
Average
2.24%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.04%
Years of data
26
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.23% |
| 2022 | 1.46% |
| 2021 | 1.86% |
| 2020 | 1.92% |
| 2019 | 2.12% |
| 2018 | 2.34% |
| 2017 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.77% |
| 2015 | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 2.94% |
| 2013 | 3.23% |
| 2012 | 1.82% |
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.