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Maldives — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Maldives, 2002–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.17%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -10.8% since 2002
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.17%
First (2002)
5.79%
Change
-10.8%
Highest
5.85%
in 2020
Lowest
3.08%
in 2011
Average
4.34%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.54%
Years of data
22
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.17% |
| 2022 | 4.67% |
| 2021 | 4.61% |
| 2020 | 5.85% |
| 2019 | 4.12% |
| 2018 | 3.86% |
| 2017 | 3.82% |
| 2016 | 3.66% |
| 2015 | 3.87% |
| 2014 | 3.09% |
| 2013 | 3.39% |
| 2012 | 3.34% |
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.