Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education in Bhutan
Bhutan: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education was 22.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education in Bhutan, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 22.2% for share of gdp spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education in 2025.
That represents a change of up 29.3% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gdp spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education in Bhutan peaked at 25.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2010.
That places Bhutan 8th out of 194 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.1% | 12.8% | 22.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 10.3% | 25.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 19.0% | 16.3% | 22.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More economy & growth data for Bhutan
- Manufacturing, value added 150.61 million constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 53.8% (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure 2.47 billion current US$ (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure 206.57 billion current LCU (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure 1.87 billion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure 1.5% (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 10.07 billion constant LCU (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure 73.8% (2024)
- Gross national expenditure 116.4% (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 18.53 billion current LCU (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gdp spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education in Bhutan?
- Share of gdp spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education in Bhutan was 22.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gdp spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 25.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of gdp spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2010.
- How does Bhutan rank for share of gdp spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education?
- Bhutan ranks 8th out of 194 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of gdp spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Percentage of total general government spending (across all sectors) that is allocated to education.