Public spending on education as a share of GDP rose 10.6% to 5.17% in Maldives in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of GDP in Maldives reached an all time high of 5.85% in 2020 and an all time low of 3.08% in 2011.
Maldives has been ranked 15th within the group of 53 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of GDP, 75 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Australia | % | 5.32% | 5.41% | 5.51% | 5.38% | 5.33% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | % | ... | ... | 1.85% | 1.66% | 1.68% | 1.77% | 1.83% | ||||||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | 4.11% | 4.02% | 4.06% | 4.23% | 3.99% | ... | |||||||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | 4.31% | 4.38% | 3.90% | 4.04% | 4.64% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 1.05% | 0.994% | 0.964% | 1.02% | 1.03% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | ... | 4.18% | 4.13% | 3.98% | 4.52% | 4.26% | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 3.82% | 3.86% | 4.12% | 5.85% | 4.61% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.17% | 1.99% | 2.00% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Pakistan | % | ... | 2.14% | 2.33% | 2.21% | 2.06% | 1.69% | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 3.96% | 3.86% | 3.41% | 3.86% | 3.87% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 2.76% | 2.86% | 2.73% | 2.69% | 2.82% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | ... | 2.59% | 1.99% | 1.93% | 1.56% | 1.51% | ||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 3.47% | 3.20% | 3.02% | 3.15% | 2.98% |
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