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Colombia
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

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.

Global rank#57out of 170 countries
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Historical trend

5.34.43.52.61.7197920002020Colombia · 2020: 5.26%Colombia

Analytical takeaways

  • Colombia records 5.26% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2020, ranking #57 globally out of 170 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) increased from 1.75% in 1979 to 5.26% in 2020, a gain of 3.51%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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