Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
General government expenditure on education (current, capital and transfers), expressed as a percentage of GDP.
Data table
| Year | Nepal (%) |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.893 |
| 1999 | 2.893 |
| 2000 | 2.975 |
| 2001 | 3.708 |
| 2002 | 3.153 |
| 2003 | 3.114 |
| 2004 | 3.172 |
| 2005 | 3.365 |
| 2006 | 3.605 |
| 2007 | 3.517 |
| 2008 | 3.805 |
| 2009 | 4.664 |
| 2010 | 3.632 |
| 2011 | 3.843 |
| 2012 | 3.297 |
| 2013 | 3.018 |
| 2014 | 3.472 |
| 2015 | 3.259 |
| 2016 | 3.903 |
| 2017 | 4.767 |
| 2018 | 4.434 |
| 2019 | 3.892 |
| 2020 | 4.244 |
| 2021 | 4.428 |
| 2022 | 4.136 |
| 2023 | 3.956 |
| 2024 | 3.688 |
Per-source values, 2024
| Source | Dataset | Value | Year | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNESCO Institute for Statistics | UIS | 3.688 | 2024 | 2026-08-09 |
| World Bank | WDI | 3.688 | 2024 | 2026-08-09 |
Sources currently disagree by about 0.00 percentage points for this indicator and geography. Both figures are shown below rather than one being picked as correct.
3.69–3.69 % two sources differ by 0.00 percentage points
Why do these differ, and what each source reported
UIS XGDP.FSGOV ("government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP, all levels") is the same concept and the same underlying UIS finance collection the World Bank republishes as SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS -- close agreement is expected; a real gap would point to the Bank's copy lagging a UIS revision (e.g. a fiscal-year GDP denominator update) rather than a genuine spending difference.
World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0)
- Dataset
- WDI
- Snapshot
- 2026-08-09 · Fresh
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
- Cadence
- quarterly
4a6c70c · open data.worldbank.org ↗
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), https://uis.unesco.org, extracted 2026-08-09. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 -- adaptations/derived figures must be shared under the same licence.
- Dataset
- UIS
- Snapshot
- 2026-08-09 · Fresh
- Licence
- CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Cadence
- quarterly
4a6c70c · open uis.unesco.org ↗Caveats
Government spending only; excludes household and donor spending on education, both significant in Nepal.