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Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)

Bangladesh · 1980–2025 · Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Latest (2025)11.88% of government expenditure
Earliest (1980)5.26
Change since 1980+6.62
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), via World Bank WDI (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS)
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What you should know

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), via World Bank WDI (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS)
Data updated
October 29, 2026 · refreshed monthly
Date range
1980–2025 (37 data points)
Unit
% of government expenditure
World Bank code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS
Licence
CC BY 4.0

How to cite this data

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), via World Bank WDI (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-education-share-of-gov-spending (data updated October 29, 2026).

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Year% of government expenditure
202511.88
202411.99
202313
202212.4
202112.77
202015.03
20198.73
201814.25
201611.05
201512.04
201413.31
201314.03
201215.75
201116.79
200914.03
200817.82
200718.15
200617.34
200415.95
200316.68
200215.69
200118.58
200020.49
199918.13
199715.2
199312.11
199212.54
199111.06
199011.19
198710.47
19869.13
19858.39
19848.09
19836.47
19826.39
19816.63
19805.26