The line chart illustrates the proportion of government spending of GDP in three areas: education, health and roads and railways, over a 25-year span, from 2000 to 2025.
Overall, there was an upward trend in the figure of spending rate in health, whereas an opposite pattern was recorded in education and roads and railways. Additionally, In addition, health remained the largest spending category over the entire period.
Looking first at the period from 2000 to 2005, the figure for education registered at roughly 5,00% of GDP, which was significantly higher than the data of health and roads and railways, both standing at approximately 4,00% in 2000. Thereafter, the rate of spending in health and roads and railways started to increase significantly, while a contrasting tendency was recorded in education.
Turning to the remaining periods, the percentage of spending in education experienced a significant slump, edging down to just below 4,00% in 2025. However, the figure for health increased considerably to approximately 7,50%, the highest among the three sectors. Meanwhile, spending on roads and railways reached a peak of around 4.5% in 2005 before dropping sharply to a low of about 3,00% in 2010. It then recovered slightly over the following years before ending the period at roughly 3,50%.
