East Asia & Pacific · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
24.9%
+5.8 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
1.19%
-1.1 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
3.93%
+1.3 pts since 1995
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
59.1%
of GDP · -2 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
116.8m
65.5% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Philippines yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare rose from 1.4% to 2.2% of GDP between 2000 and 2023.
Defence fell from 2.3% to 1.0% of GDP between 1995 and 2014, then rose to 1.3% by 2025.
Education fell from 2.7% to 2.3% of GDP between 1995 and 2005, then rose to 4.0% by 2025.
Total spending fell from 19.1% to 16.8% of GDP between 1995 and 2014, then rose to 24.9% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 60.8% to 37.0% of GDP between 1995 and 2019, then rose to 59.1% by 2025.
Population grew from 70.5 million in 1995 to 116.8 million in 2025; the UN projects 134.4 million by 2050.