Monitoring SDG 4: Education finance
Total global education spending in 2020 remained on par with 2018 and 2019, at US$4.9 trillion, but with significant differences in spending in different country income groups. Education has not recovered its lost share in government budgets, which remains lower in 2022 than before COVID-19 in lower income countries.
Although total aid to education reached a record high of US$18.1 billion in 2020, this increase was largely driven by budget support to countries aimed to help manage the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than by aid directly targeted at education.
A neglected aspect of education financing is that households in low- and lower-middle-income countries bear 39% of the total cost of education compared to just 16% in high-income countries.
SDG 4 Targets | GEM Report monitoring chapters | Most recent statistics | GEM Report Blogs |
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TARGET 4.B: SCHOLARSHIPS | 2023 GEM Report 2021/2 GEM Report 2020 GEM Report 2019 GEM Report 2017/8 GEM Report 2016 GEM Report | 4.B statistics | View blogs |
FINANCE | 2023 GEM Report 2021/2 GEM Report 2020 GEM Report 2019 GEM Report 2017/8 GEM Report 2016 GEM Report | Finance statistics | View blogs |