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Philippines — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Philippines, 1980–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.97%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +162.4% since 1980
Education spending for Philippines was 3.97% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 30 years, from 1980 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1.48% in 1983 (about 2.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.17% per year.
Philippines ranks 99 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Philippines sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 40%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.97%
First (1980)
1.51%
Change
+162.4%
Highest
3.97%
in 2025
Lowest
1.48%
in 1983
Average
2.94%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.17%
Years of data
30
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.97% |
| 2024 | 3.93% |
| 2023 | 3.62% |
| 2022 | 3.58% |
| 2021 | 3.87% |
| 2020 | 3.86% |
| 2019 | 3.41% |
| 2018 | 3.86% |
| 2017 | 3.96% |
| 2016 | 3.3% |
| 2015 | 2.83% |
| 2014 | 2.66% |
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.