Sanja Knezevic/Open Society Foundations
Monitoring SDG 4: Education finance
All GEM Report resources related to education financing
Total global education spending in 2021 as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) declined in all country income groups, except LIC.
Aid to education fell by 7 percent, from US$19.3 billion in 2020 to US$17.8 billion in 2021, because of the reduction in general budget support, which returned to pre-COVID levels.
There remains an annual finance gap of almost $100 billion per year for countries to reach their education targets by 2030.
Families meanwhile spend significant portions of their funds on education; more than one-third of total education spending in LIC and lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) is from households.
GEM Report
| SDG 4 Targets | GEM Report monitoring chapters | Most recent statistics | GEM Report Blogs |
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| TARGET 4.B: SCHOLARSHIPS | |||
| FINANCE |
Resources
One in three countries did not reach either of the finance benchmarks set in the Education 2030 Framework for Action
Policy focuses
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