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Timor-Leste — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Timor-Leste, 2008–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.24%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -39.6% since 2008
Education spending for Timor-Leste was 5.24% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 15 years, from 2008 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 12.90% in 2009. The lowest was 2.97% in 2021 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.30% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 46 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 27%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 4.25%, so Timor-Leste sits above it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 59% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.24%
First (2008)
8.67%
Change
-39.6%
Highest
12.90%
in 2009
Lowest
2.97%
in 2021
Average
7.33%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.30%
Years of data
15
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.24% |
| 2021 | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 3.65% |
| 2019 | 4.18% |
| 2018 | 6.85% |
| 2017 | 7.17% |
| 2016 | 8.13% |
| 2015 | 8.47% |
| 2014 | 7.51% |
| 2013 | 5.67% |
| 2012 | 7.16% |
| 2011 | 10.19% |
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.