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Thailand — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Thailand, 1971–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.52%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -17.8% since 1971
Education spending for Thailand was 2.52% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 49 years, from 1971 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.25% in 2000. The lowest was 2.15% in 1974 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.38% per year.
Thailand ranks 149 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 87%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Thailand sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 52% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 39%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.52%
First (1971)
3.07%
Change
-17.8%
Highest
5.25%
in 2000
Lowest
2.15%
in 1974
Average
3.47%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.38%
Years of data
49
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.52% |
| 2022 | 2.61% |
| 2021 | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 3.15% |
| 2019 | 3.02% |
| 2018 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 3.47% |
| 2016 | 3.77% |
| 2015 | 3.86% |
| 2014 | 3.92% |
| 2013 | 4.12% |
| 2012 | 4.54% |
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.