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Malta — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Malta, 1971–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.71%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -23.4% since 1971
Education spending for Malta was 4.71% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 38 years, from 1971 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 7.58% in 2011. The lowest was 2.85% in 1982 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.52% per year.
Malta ranks 65 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 38%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Malta sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 38% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 25%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.71%
First (1971)
6.15%
Change
-23.4%
Highest
7.58%
in 2011
Lowest
2.85%
in 1982
Average
4.55%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.52%
Years of data
38
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.71% |
| 2021 | 4.93% |
| 2019 | 4.8% |
| 2017 | 4.34% |
| 2016 | 4.96% |
| 2015 | 4.91% |
| 2014 | 6.85% |
| 2013 | 7.41% |
| 2012 | 6.25% |
| 2011 | 7.58% |
| 2010 | 6.21% |
| 2009 | 5.05% |
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.