Maldives — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Maldives, 2002–2023.
Education spending for Maldives was 5.17% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 22 years, from 2002 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.85% in 2020. The lowest was 3.08% in 2011 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.54% per year.
Maldives ranks 52 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for South Asia is 4.10%, so Maldives sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 52%. Within South Asia it ranks 2 of 6 economies; India (4.10%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 42% in 2020. That is 23% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Key figures
Full history — 2002 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.17% | +0.5 pp |
| 2022 | 4.67% | +0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 4.61% | -1.2 pp |
| 2020 | 5.85% | +1.7 pp |
| 2019 | 4.12% | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 3.86% | +0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 3.82% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 3.66% | -0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 3.87% | +0.8 pp |
| 2014 | 3.09% | -0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 3.39% | +0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 3.34% | +0.3 pp |
| 2011 | 3.08% | -0.6 pp |
| 2010 | 3.63% | -1.4 pp |
| 2009 | 5.08% | +0.6 pp |
| 2008 | 4.47% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 4.42% | -0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 4.65% | -0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 5.02% | +0.4 pp |
| 2004 | 4.66% | -0.7 pp |
| 2003 | 5.32% | -0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 5.79% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Maldives’s Education spending in 2003?
5.32% (2003). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Maldives’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 2002 and 2023 the series was shrinking overall: -10.8% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 5.17%; 2022: 4.67%; 2021: 4.61%; 2020: 5.85%; 2019: 4.12%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.