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Moldova — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Moldova, 1996–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.56%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -33.7% since 1996
Education spending for Moldova was 6.56% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 26 years, from 1996 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 9.90% in 1996. The lowest was 4.49% in 2000 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.51% per year.
Moldova ranks 16 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 9%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Moldova sits above it. It peaked in 1996 and has fallen 34% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.56%
First (1996)
9.90%
Change
-33.7%
Highest
9.90%
in 1996
Lowest
4.49%
in 2000
Average
6.55%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.51%
Years of data
26
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.56% |
| 2022 | 6.1% |
| 2021 | 5.82% |
| 2020 | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 6.23% |
| 2018 | 5.54% |
| 2017 | 5.71% |
| 2016 | 5.67% |
| 2015 | 5.77% |
| 2014 | 6.34% |
| 2013 | 5.91% |
| 2012 | 6.98% |
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.