SDG 17 · Indicator
Government spending on health and education
% of GDP
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Description
The sum of public expenditure on health from domestic sources and general government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) expressed as a percentage of GDP. This indicator is based on the World Bank health and education spending datasets, sourced from WHO & UNESCO respectively. Values are carried forward for both health and education, but a value in a given year is only reported if at least one data point is a real observation (not carried forward).
Long-Term Objective
The long-term objective for this indicator is a value of .
Reference
UNESCO