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Sri Lanka
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#110out of 121 countries
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Historical trend

3.32.82.31.71.2197319982023Sri Lanka · 2023: 1.83%Sri Lanka

Analytical takeaways

  • Sri Lanka records 1.83% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2023, ranking #110 globally out of 121 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) declined from 3.32% in 1973 to 1.83% in 2023, a decrease of 1.49%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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