Mongolia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Mongolia, 1997–2024.
Education spending for Mongolia was 5.21% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 18 years, from 1997 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 7.21% in 2002. The lowest was 3.66% in 2023 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.03% per year.
Mongolia ranks 49 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 28%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Mongolia sits above it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 28% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 11%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 10 of 25 economies; Australia (5.06%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 43% in 2024. That is 16% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 67 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 18th of 36 in 1997 → 24th of 116 in 2000 → 54th of 130 in 2010 → 14th of 39 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1997 to 2024
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.21% | +1.6 pp |
| 2023 | 3.66% | -0.4 pp |
| 2017 | 4.07% | -1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 5.18% | +1.0 pp |
| 2015 | 4.22% | -0.5 pp |
| 2014 | 4.71% | -0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 4.94% | -0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 5.2% | +0.6 pp |
| 2011 | 4.61% | -0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 4.65% | -0.5 pp |
| 2009 | 5.14% | +0.5 pp |
| 2007 | 4.69% | +0.4 pp |
| 2004 | 4.33% | -2.9 pp |
| 2002 | 7.21% | +1.7 pp |
| 2000 | 5.55% | +0.4 pp |
| 1999 | 5.15% | -0.3 pp |
| 1998 | 5.49% | +1.5 pp |
| 1997 | 3.95% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mongolia’s Education spending in 1998?
5.49% (1998). 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 Mongolia’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1997 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +32.0% in total — about 1.0% 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: 2024: 5.21%; 2023: 3.66%; 2017: 4.07%; 2016: 5.18%; 2015: 4.22%. 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.