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Panama
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#97out of 121 countries
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Historical trend

4.94.33.73.12.5197019972023Panama · 2023: 2.47%Panama

Analytical takeaways

  • Panama records 2.47% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2023, ranking #97 globally out of 121 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) declined from 4.04% in 1970 to 2.47% in 2023, a decrease of 1.57%.
  • 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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