Education expenses in Thailand during 2008-2013 stayed above 6 per cent of the country's gross domestic product, totalling Bt805 billion in 2013 or 6.42 per cent, according to a research.
Chaiyuth Punyasavatsut, chief of Thailand's national education account project, said that of total, government spending in 2013 accounted for Bt640 billion or 80.25 per cent. Basic education consumed Bt510 billion or 71 per cent of total.