Public spending on education as a share of government expenditure rose 12.3% to 13.4% in Singapore in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of government expenditure in Singapore reached an all time high of 31.4% in 2012 and an all time low of 11.9% in 2020.
Singapore has been ranked 50th within the group of 86 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of government expenditure, 47 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Australia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.1% | 13.8% | 13.6% | 13.5% | 12.8% | ... | |||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.3% | 15.1% | 15.9% | 16.9% | 18.9% | ||||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.1% | 11.9% | 11.6% | 10.8% | 11.2% | ... | |||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | ... | 20.5% | 21.2% | 16.1% | 16.6% | 17.3% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | ... | 10.5% | 12.9% | 11.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% | |||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | ... | 19.8% | 20.9% | 21.3% | 19.6% | 17.7% | |||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.73% | 9.68% | 9.93% | 10.4% | 10.6% | ... | ... | |||||
| Philippines | % | 16.3% | 17.1% | 19.8% | 18.7% | 18.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 19.7% | 18.5% | 20.1% | 20.8% | 19.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Thailand | % | 20.6% | 19.8% | 18.4% | 17.2% | 17.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.1% | 15.6% | 15.1% | 16.1% | 14.0% |
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