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Malaysia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Malaysia, 1971–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.51%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -22.8% since 1971
Education spending for Malaysia was 3.51% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 39 years, from 1971 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.66% in 2002. The lowest was 3.50% in 2022 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.50% per year.
Malaysia ranks 115 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Malaysia sits below it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 54% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.51%
First (1971)
4.55%
Change
-22.8%
Highest
7.66%
in 2002
Lowest
3.50%
in 2022
Average
5.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.50%
Years of data
39
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.51% |
| 2022 | 3.5% |
| 2021 | 4.26% |
| 2020 | 3.91% |
| 2019 | 4.16% |
| 2018 | 4.48% |
| 2017 | 4.68% |
| 2016 | 4.75% |
| 2015 | 4.89% |
| 2014 | 5.21% |
| 2013 | 5.48% |
| 2012 | 5.74% |
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.