Public spending on education as a share of GDP rose 15.6% to 4.41% in Hong Kong in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of GDP in Hong Kong reached an all time high of 4.56% in 2004 and an all time low of 1.67% in 1982.
Hong Kong has been ranked 74th within the group of 140 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of GDP, 22 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cambodia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.93% | 2.06% | 2.32% | 2.58% | 2.90% | ... | |||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.82% | 3.79% | 3.67% | 3.54% | 3.54% | ... | |||||||||||
| Hong Kong | % | 3.26% | 3.29% | 3.31% | 3.33% | 3.81% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.11% | 4.25% | 4.31% | 4.36% | 4.41% | ... | |||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 3.58% | 3.50% | 2.67% | 3.00% | 2.84% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | ... | 3.27% | 3.15% | 3.13% | 3.08% | 3.16% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | ... | 2.74% | 2.77% | 2.50% | 2.34% | 2.48% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | ... | 4.89% | 4.75% | 4.68% | 4.48% | 4.16% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Philippines | % | 3.52% | 3.03% | 3.97% | 3.86% | 3.36% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | 3.83% | 3.76% | 4.69% | 4.68% | 3.52% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 2.86% | 2.87% | 2.77% | 2.86% | 2.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Thailand | % | 3.86% | 3.77% | 3.47% | 3.20% | 3.02% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 4.95% | 4.80% | 5.11% | 4.91% | 4.99% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.47% | 4.34% | 4.09% | 4.17% | 4.06% | ... |
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