Adjusted savings: education expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Adjusted savings: education expenditure was 2.0% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Adjusted savings: education expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1970–2021
Source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GNI.
Analysis
In 2021, adjusted savings: education expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 2.0%.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: education expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 2.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 1971.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 45th out of 47 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: education expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GNI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.9% | — |
| 1971 | 1.7% | -10.5% |
| 1972 | 1.7% | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 1.8% | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 1.8% | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 1.8% | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 1.9% | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 1.9% | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 2.0% | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 2.0% | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 1.9% | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 2.0% | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 2.0% | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 2.1% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 1.9% | -6.3% |
| 1985 | 2.0% | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 2.1% | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 2.0% | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 1.9% | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 1.9% | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 2.0% | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 2.0% | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.8% | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 1.9% | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 2.0% | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 1.9% | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 1.9% | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 2.2% | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 2.3% | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 2.2% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 2.2% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 42 Kyrgyzstan 5.3% compare
- 43 Jamaica 5.2% compare
- 44 Cape Verde 5.2% compare
- 45 Morocco 5.2% compare
- 46 Burundi 5.2% compare
- 47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.2% compare
- 48 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.1% compare
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 176.21 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 4.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5647 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 6,123 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5372 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,825 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 10,615 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9789 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: education expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Adjusted savings: education expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 2.0% in 2021, according to Staff estimates, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: education expenditure recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: education expenditure recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 1971.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for adjusted savings: education expenditure?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 45th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: education expenditure rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.