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Education Spending (% of GDP) by African country

2025

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP.

Africa, 20251 of 54 countries
4.5%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Burundi · 4.5%Lowest in 2025Burundi · 4.5%Reported in 20251 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — no dataSudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — no dataLesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — no dataCameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — 4.5%Madagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — no dataAlgeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — no dataEgypt — no dataLibya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeriaNigeriaEthiopiaEthiopiaKenyaKenyaSouth AfricaSouth Africa2025HIGHEST IN 2025Burundi4.5%LOWEST IN 2025Burundi4.5%PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenyano dataNigeriano dataSouth Africano dataOTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno data% of GDP · quintiles of the observed range4.5%4.5%4.5%4.5%4.5%4.5%no record
20142025
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Eastern Africa1 of 18 countries4.5%
Northern Africa0 of 6 countries—
Western Africa0 of 16 countries—
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Southern Africa0 of 5 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 1 with a 2025 figure4.5%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
53 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 48 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Education Spending (% of GDP)Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of GDP
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1970–2025
Coverage1 of 54 countries · 1 reported, 0 modelled, 53 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 1 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Education Spending (% of GDP)". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/education-spending
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=government_expenditure_education_pct_gdp&year=2025&limit=100

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The measures that explain this one.
EducationTertiary EnrollmentGross enrollment ratio in tertiary education, regardless of age.EducationAdult Literacy RateShare of people ages 15 and over who can read and write.EducationYouth Literacy RateShare of people ages 15-24 who can read and write.

Education Spending (% of GDP): most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

40 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryEducation Spending (% of GDP)Period
1Namibia9.1%2024
2Algeria9%2024
3Mauritania7.6%2024
4Tunisia6.7%2023
5Lesotho6.6%2024
6Senegal6.2%2023
7Eswatini6%2024
8South Africa6%2024
9Morocco6%2023
10Burkina Faso5.3%2023
11Sao Tome and Principe5%2023
12Rwanda4.6%2024
13Burundi4.5%2025
14Seychelles4.5%2023
15Cabo Verde4.3%2023
16Mauritius4.2%2024
17Mali4.2%2023
18Togo4.1%2023
19Niger4.1%2023
20Zambia4.1%2023
21Kenya4%2024
22Cote d'Ivoire3.6%2024
23Republic of the Congo3.3%2023
24Benin3.2%2023
25Chad3.2%2023
26Tanzania3.2%2024
27Madagascar3%2023
28Cameroon2.8%2023
29Gambia2.8%2023
30Sierra Leone2.6%2023
31Angola2.5%2023
32Comoros2.3%2023
33Gabon2.3%2023
34Ethiopia2.3%2024
35Liberia2.3%2023
36Central African Republic1.8%2023
37Guinea1.7%2023
38Zimbabwe0.4%2023
39Nigeria0.3%2023
40Somalia0%2023
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 40 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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