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Pakistan — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Pakistan, 1971–2023.
Latest value · 2023
1.95%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +17.7% since 1971
Education spending for Pakistan was 1.95% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 48 years, from 1971 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.02% in 1997. The lowest was 1.44% in 2004 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.31% per year.
Pakistan ranks 160 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 93%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 4.38%, so Pakistan sits below it. It peaked in 1997 and has fallen 36% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
1.95%
First (1971)
1.65%
Change
+17.7%
Highest
3.02%
in 1997
Lowest
1.44%
in 2004
Average
2.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.31%
Years of data
48
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.95% |
| 2022 | 1.97% |
| 2021 | 1.69% |
| 2020 | 2.06% |
| 2019 | 2.21% |
| 2018 | 2.33% |
| 2017 | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 2.67% |
| 2015 | 2.39% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 2.24% |
| 2012 | 1.98% |
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.