Public spending on education as a share of government expenditure fell 9.43% to 17.8% in Bhutan in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of government expenditure in Bhutan reached an all time high of 22.8% in 2005 and an all time low of 10.3% in 2010.
Bhutan has been ranked 13th within the group of 54 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of government expenditure, 45 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Bangladesh | % | ... | 13.9% | 12.0% | 11.3% | 10.4% | 10.2% | |||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | 19.5% | 17.2% | 18.1% | 18.5% | 15.7% | |||||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | 12.2% | 11.5% | 11.2% | 10.5% | 10.9% | ... | |||||||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | 13.5% | 13.1% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 14.6% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 8.15% | 8.13% | 8.15% | 7.29% | 7.41% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.58% | 9.68% | 9.82% | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Nepal | % | 13.0% | 11.6% | 12.1% | 11.5% | 12.8% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | ... | 12.1% | 12.2% | 11.6% | 10.8% | 7.82% | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | 9.50% | 10.0% | 9.29% | 8.94% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | ... | 14.5% | 11.3% | 9.90% | 5.47% | 5.04% | ||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 15.9% | 15.8% | 15.5% | 12.7% | ... | ... | ... |
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