Thailand | 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. Development relevance: The percentage of government expenditure on education to GDP is useful to compare education expenditure between countries and/or over time in relation to the size of their economy; A high percentage to GDP suggests a high priority for education and a capacity of raising revenues for public spending. Note that government expenditure appears lower in some countries where the private sector and/or households have a large share in total funding for education. Limitations and exceptions: Data may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). Statistical concept and methodology: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) is calculated by dividing total government expenditure for all levels of education by the GDP, and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. GDP data come from the World Bank. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
3.06622005 1971
3.02915001 1972
2.55425 1973
2.1468699 1974
2.38088012 1975
3.01672006 1976
3.21512008 1977
1978
2.84528995 1979
2.5745399 1980
2.88314009 1981
3.27388 1982
3.46387005 1983
3.4372201 1984
1985
3.40797997 1986
3.11581993 1987
2.75342011 1988
2.50242996 1989
1990
3.08859992 1991
3.04540992 1992
1993
3.40523005 1994
3.14497995 1995
3.49960995 1996
4.57718992 1997
4.6257 1998
4.83267021 1999
5.25345993 2000
4.81787014 2001
3.8649199 2002
3.72561002 2003
4.03088999 2004
3.93859005 2005
4.05038023 2006
3.60314989 2007
3.5085001 2008
3.86193991 2009
3.50844002 2010
4.8055501 2011
3.59691834 2012
3.82439852 2013
3.91917753 2014
3.86397624 2015
3.76761746 2016
3.46532154 2017
3.19769406 2018
3.02221417 2019
3.15317082 2020
2.98618507 2021
2.61348009 2022

Thailand | 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. Development relevance: The percentage of government expenditure on education to GDP is useful to compare education expenditure between countries and/or over time in relation to the size of their economy; A high percentage to GDP suggests a high priority for education and a capacity of raising revenues for public spending. Note that government expenditure appears lower in some countries where the private sector and/or households have a large share in total funding for education. Limitations and exceptions: Data may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). Statistical concept and methodology: Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) is calculated by dividing total government expenditure for all levels of education by the GDP, and multiplying by 100. Aggregate data are based on World Bank estimates. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. GDP data come from the World Bank. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source