Philippines — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Philippines, 1980–2025.
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%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 14 of 25 economies; China (3.90%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 76% in 1995. That is 9% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1980 level: doubled by 1997. Doubling roughly every 32 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 61st of 63 in 1980 → 81st of 116 in 2000 → 101st of 157 in 2020 → 2nd of 2 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1980 to 2025
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.97% | +0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 3.93% | +0.3 pp |
| 2023 | 3.62% | +0.0 pp |
| 2022 | 3.58% | -0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 3.87% | +0.0 pp |
| 2020 | 3.86% | +0.5 pp |
| 2019 | 3.41% | -0.4 pp |
| 2018 | 3.86% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 3.96% | +0.7 pp |
| 2016 | 3.3% | +0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 2.83% | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 2.66% | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 2.54% | -0.0 pp |
| 2008 | 2.58% | +0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 2.49% | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 2.43% | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 2.33% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 2.47% | -0.5 pp |
| 2003 | 2.94% | +0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 2.89% | -0.0 pp |
| 2001 | 2.92% | -0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 3.16% | -0.5 pp |
| 1998 | 3.7% | +0.6 pp |
| 1997 | 3.08% | +0.1 pp |
| 1996 | 2.94% | +0.3 pp |
| 1995 | 2.66% | +1.1 pp |
| 1986 | 1.52% | +0.0 pp |
| 1983 | 1.48% | -0.3 pp |
| 1982 | 1.83% | +0.3 pp |
| 1980 | 1.51% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Philippines’s Education spending in 1982?
1.83% (1982). 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 Philippines’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1980 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +162.4% in total — about 2.2% 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: 2025: 3.97%; 2024: 3.93%; 2023: 3.62%; 2022: 3.58%; 2021: 3.87%. 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.