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United States
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#41out of 168 countries
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Historical trend

5.45.35.14.94.8201520182021United States · 2021: 5.42%United States

Analytical takeaways

  • United States records 5.42% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2021, ranking #41 globally out of 168 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) increased from 4.93% in 2015 to 5.42% in 2021, a gain of 0.49%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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