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Mexico — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Mexico, 1989–2022.
Latest value · 2022
4.06%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +77.9% since 1989
Education spending for Mexico was 4.06% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 30 years, from 1989 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 5.07% in 2014. The lowest was 2.28% in 1989 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.76% per year.
Mexico ranks 96 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Mexico sits below it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 20% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved down 17%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
4.06%
First (1989)
2.28%
Change
+77.9%
Highest
5.07%
in 2014
Lowest
2.28%
in 1989
Average
4.12%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.76%
Years of data
30
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.06% |
| 2021 | 4.24% |
| 2020 | 4.5% |
| 2018 | 4.14% |
| 2017 | 4.4% |
| 2016 | 4.76% |
| 2015 | 5.05% |
| 2014 | 5.07% |
| 2013 | 4.51% |
| 2012 | 4.88% |
| 2011 | 4.9% |
| 2010 | 4.94% |
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.