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Macao SAR, China — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Macao SAR, China, 1998–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.50%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +4.5% since 1998
Education spending for Macao SAR, China was 3.50% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 26 years, from 1998 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.39% in 2020. The lowest was 2.04% in 2007 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.18% per year.
Macao SAR, China ranks 116 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Macao SAR, China sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 45% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 71%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.50%
First (1998)
3.35%
Change
+4.5%
Highest
6.39%
in 2020
Lowest
2.04%
in 2007
Average
3.08%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.18%
Years of data
26
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.5% |
| 2022 | 6.06% |
| 2021 | 5.11% |
| 2020 | 6.39% |
| 2019 | 3.07% |
| 2018 | 2.73% |
| 2017 | 2.71% |
| 2016 | 3.1% |
| 2015 | 3% |
| 2014 | 2.05% |
| 2013 | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 3.33% |
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.