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Paraguay — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Paraguay, 1970–2024.
Latest value · 2024
3.53%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +67.9% since 1970
Education spending for Paraguay was 3.53% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 27 years, from 1970 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 4.23% in 1999. The lowest was 1.04% in 1990 (about 3.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.96% per year.
Paraguay ranks 114 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 66%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 4.27%, so Paraguay sits below it. It peaked in 1999 and has fallen 16% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 36%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
3.53%
First (1970)
2.11%
Change
+67.9%
Highest
4.23%
in 1999
Lowest
1.04%
in 1990
Average
3.16%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.96%
Years of data
27
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.53% |
| 2023 | 3.39% |
| 2022 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 3.41% |
| 2020 | 3.94% |
| 2019 | 3.49% |
| 2018 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 3.43% |
| 2015 | 3.33% |
| 2014 | 2.6% |
| 2013 | 2.68% |
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.