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Date : Jan 23, 2026

Statement 26: Expenditure on Education - As per cent of Aggregate Expenditure

(Per cent)
State/UT	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25 (RE)	2025-26 (BE)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1. Andhra Pradesh	9.0	10.0	12.5	13.0	12.9	13.7	12.6	14.6	12.6	13.6	11.9	15.3	12.9	13.5	11.6	12.4	11.6	10.9
2. Arunachal Pradesh	11.4	12.2	10.8	11.4	12.2	11.5	13.2	11.6	12.3	12.3	10.8	11.9	8.9	11.4	11.6	10.8	11.2	8.8
3. Assam	18.8	16.4	22.0	20.3	20.6	22.6	24.7	25.5	22.0	21.6	21.8	19.4	20.7	17.5	16.4	18.3	16.1	16.8
4. Bihar	18.5	18.1	16.3	17.0	20.9	18.7	17.5	17.1	16.0	18.2	18.2	18.4	16.5	18.4	18.5	17.4	22.8	20.0
5. Chhattisgarh	14.4	15.6	18.6	17.7	16.3	18.0	20.2	18.6	19.6	18.5	17.4	18.0	16.8	16.9	16.8	13.8	14.5	15.2
6. Goa	13.3	14.1	15.4	14.8	15.4	15.7	15.1	14.3	14.3	14.2	16.2	15.1	14.3	12.7	12.8	14.4	13.2	12.7
7. Gujarat	11.7	13.8	15.9	15.8	14.3	15.0	15.2	15.2	14.5	14.1	14.0	13.7	13.6	13.2	14.9	13.8	13.9	13.3
8. Haryana	15.0	16.3	17.3	16.0	15.4	15.4	16.9	12.3	13.7	13.4	13.2	13.5	13.0	12.2	12.5	10.5	11.0	10.4
9. Himachal Pradesh	16.2	16.3	17.9	17.8	17.3	17.8	17.7	16.3	15.2	17.6	16.5	16.2	15.7	15.7	16.8	15.6	15.2	17.5
10. Jharkhand	18.6	15.4	15.8	15.9	14.8	13.5	14.6	12.2	13.9	12.3	12.5	14.1	13.7	14.5	13.8	11.7	11.5	12.4
11. Karnataka	16.1	14.0	15.6	14.7	15.5	15.0	14.3	13.6	12.5	12.0	11.4	12.4	10.8	11.2	11.3	10.5	10.1	10.0
12. Kerala	16.7	16.8	17.0	17.7	17.2	17.2	16.4	16.0	16.2	16.3	15.1	15.2	11.4	14.3	12.6	12.4	11.8	11.9
13. Madhya Pradesh	12.8	13.0	14.2	12.4	13.2	15.4	14.8	14.3	14.0	14.4	14.9	15.8	14.4	12.9	13.0	13.5	12.8	12.8
14. Maharashtra	17.0	19.1	20.8	20.2	20.7	20.5	19.2	19.2	17.7	17.0	15.6	17.2	15.6	15.8	15.7	16.4	13.2	14.0
15. Manipur	12.0	11.9	10.7	10.6	11.7	12.8	14.0	12.5	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.7	10.7	11.4	12.3	14.2	11.5	12.4
16. Meghalaya	12.8	14.8	16.1	17.3	15.8	16.6	17.1	16.2	16.1	17.8	17.3	18.4	14.6	13.6	15.8	13.9	14.1	13.8
17. Mizoram	14.1	14.9	14.9	15.7	15.7	17.1	17.4	17.6	15.8	14.3	15.2	14.7	15.4	15.4	14.7	13.8	15.5	13.9
18. Nagaland	11.2	11.3	13.4	12.1	13.2	15.3	13.7	14.0	12.9	12.6	14.0	12.2	13.4	14.2	13.7	13.2	13.3	13.5
19. Odisha	16.9	18.2	18.3	16.4	15.5	15.0	15.5	14.6	14.0	14.9	14.9	14.4	14.4	12.8	13.9	13.4	12.4	12.9
20. Punjab	11.3	12.2	11.7	14.8	15.3	14.2	14.3	14.0	8.6	13.0	11.8	10.4	11.7	10.4	8.2	8.6	8.8	9.3
21. Rajasthan	17.9	19.0	19.1	17.8	16.1	16.3	16.7	12.5	15.2	15.1	17.3	16.2	17.1	16.3	17.2	17.2	17.5	16.4
22. Sikkim	10.6	12.4	17.3	14.0	15.0	15.6	15.8	17.6	17.1	15.6	15.3	18.7	17.6	17.8	15.6	16.7	14.5	13.9
23. Tamil Nadu	13.1	15.2	15.2	14.3	14.7	16.0	15.8	15.5	13.0	14.4	13.9	15.0	13.3	12.3	12.8	11.7	11.3	11.9
24. Telangana	–	–	–	–	–	–	11.2	10.9	10.0	10.4	8.7	8.8	8.1	7.9	8.7	8.5	8.1	7.8
25. Tripura	14.4	16.2	17.2	17.0	15.9	16.4	15.5	15.5	15.8	18.5	17.7	17.4	15.2	13.0	11.7	12.2	13.1	12.2
26. Uttar Pradesh	13.2	13.8	16.1	17.1	17.3	16.0	15.0	15.5	16.7	14.8	12.4	14.6	14.5	13.6	13.8	12.8	12.6	13.0
27. Uttarakhand	18.2	22.6	23.5	22.1	20.7	20.3	19.0	17.6	18.4	18.1	18.3	19.4	18.2	17.3	17.5	16.4	16.4	15.3
28. West Bengal	13.1	17.7	19.7	19.1	18.1	17.2	17.2	15.2	15.1	13.9	14.6	15.8	16.9	14.5	15.1	13.7	14.8	13.5
29. Jammu and Kashmir	10.0	11.3	12.7	12.6	12.1	13.0	12.6	14.5	12.6	14.4	16.2	14.8	15.9	15.3	15.8	14.4	13.7	13.5
30. NCT Delhi	15.8	16.3	16.3	18.0	18.3	18.1	21.2	21.8	24.2	24.2	22.8	23.1	20.3	21.2	21.9	22.3	22.9	19.0
31. Puducherry	12.4	13.2	13.2	13.0	14.5	11.9	11.8	11.7	12.6	11.2	11.6	10.5	11.0	9.8	10.6	11.1	9.9	10.5
All States and UTs	14.3	15.3	16.6	16.3	16.4	16.5	16.0	15.3	14.7	15.0	14.4	15.1	14.3	13.9	14.0	13.5	13.4	13.1
All States and UTs (Per cent of GDP)	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5
RE: Revised Estimates. BE: Budget Estimates. ‘–’: Not applicable/Not available. * : Includes expenditure on Sports, Art and Culture under revenue expenditure and capital outlay. Note: Data from 2017-18 onwards include Delhi and Puducherry also. Source: Budget documents of the State governments. Details in methodology.