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Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
Bangladesh · 1979–2024 · Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Latest (2024)2.03% of GDP
Earliest (1979)1.13
Change since 1979+0.9
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What you should know
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. 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.GD.ZS)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 1979–2024 (38 data points)
- Unit
- % of GDP
- World Bank code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
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Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), via World Bank WDI (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-education-spending (data updated October 19, 2026).
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| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.03 |
| 2023 | 2.16 |
| 2022 | 2.09 |
| 2021 | 2.17 |
| 2020 | 2.14 |
| 2019 | 1.13 |
| 2018 | 2.09 |
| 2017 | 2.11 |
| 2016 | 1.28 |
| 2015 | 1.87 |
| 2014 | 2.1 |
| 2013 | 1.97 |
| 2012 | 2.18 |
| 2011 | 2.13 |
| 2009 | 1.94 |
| 2008 | 2.05 |
| 2007 | 2.2 |
| 2006 | 2.13 |
| 2004 | 1.94 |
| 2003 | 2.07 |
| 2002 | 2.02 |
| 2001 | 2.17 |
| 2000 | 2.13 |
| 1999 | 2.13 |
| 1997 | 1.95 |
| 1993 | 1.69 |
| 1992 | 1.63 |
| 1991 | 1.43 |
| 1990 | 1.52 |
| 1987 | 1.51 |
| 1986 | 1.34 |
| 1985 | 1.27 |
| 1984 | 1.22 |
| 1983 | 1.03 |
| 1982 | 1.01 |
| 1981 | 1.07 |
| 1980 | 0.94 |
| 1979 | 1.13 |