Georgia's government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) was 3.98% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.04 percentage points from 2.94% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.98% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3.83% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.94% | 2014 |
| Highest | 6.92% | 1994 |
| Lowest | 1.86% | 2012 |
| Average since 2015 | 3.63% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 6.92% | 1994 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Georgia's government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) rose 0.27 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.71% to 3.98%).
Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2023), the average change was +0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.38 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.97 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.65 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.06 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 64% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Georgia had the 23rd highest value of the 38 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 3.98% | 2024 |
| World | 3.57% | 2023 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 4.57% | 2022 |
| Upper middle income | 3.62% | 2023 |
Closest to Georgia in the 2024 ranking
- Puerto Rico (US) — 19th of 38: 4.27%
- Mauritius — 20th of 38: 4.25%
- Kenya — 21st of 38: 4.02%
- St. Lucia — 23rd of 38: 3.85%
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 24th of 38: 3.81%
- Ecuador — 25th of 38: 3.69%
What this measures
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.
Limitations: Data may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 28 values
| Year | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.98 |
| 2023 | 3.71 |
| 2022 | 3.75 |
| 2021 | 3.59 |
| 2020 | 3.81 |
| 2019 | 3.83 |
| 2018 | 3.46 |
| 2017 | 3.52 |
| 2016 | 3.52 |
| 2015 | 3.11 |
| 2014 |
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Albania — 3.09% (2023)
- Andorra — 1.9% (2023)
- Armenia — 2.44% (2023)
- Austria — 5.28% (2022)
- Azerbaijan — 3.66% (2023)
- Belarus — 5.05% (2024)
- Belgium — 6.28% (2022)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 3.25% (2023)
- Bulgaria — 4.5% (2022)
- Croatia
More education data for Georgia
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 342,203 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 99.36% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 99.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 99.22% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.01 (2021)
- Secondary education, pupils
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Georgia's government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)?
- 3.98% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1994?
- It is down 2.94 percentage points from 6.92% in 1994. The highest value was 6.92% in 1994 and the lowest 1.86% in 2012.
- How does Georgia rank?
- 23rd highest of 38 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) unusual for Georgia?
- In 2024, Georgia's government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) rose 0.27 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.71% to 3.98%). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2023), the average change was +0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.38 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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