Education expenditure in the budget in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024 — 18.09%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 99. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 11.53 pp.
2002–2024 · % of government expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.09 | −0.26 pp |
| 2023 | 18.35 | +1.26 pp |
| 2022 | 17.09 | +0.5 pp |
| 2021 | 16.58 | +0.46 pp |
| 2020 | 16.13 | −1.47 pp |
| 2019 | 17.59 | −2.52 pp |
| 2018 | 20.12 | +1.72 pp |
| 2017 | 18.4 | +2.43 pp |
| 2016 | 15.97 | +4.67 pp |
| 2015 | 11.3 | −1.03 pp |
| 2014 | 12.32 | −6.51 pp |
| 2013 | 18.83 | +5.11 pp |
| 2012 | 13.72 | +2.34 pp |
| 2011 | 11.38 | −7.95 pp |
| 2010 | 19.33 | −1.23 pp |
| 2009 | 20.56 | +2.31 pp |
| 2008 | 18.25 | +1.59 pp |
| 2007 | 16.66 | +2.57 pp |
| 2006 | 14.08 | +1.96 pp |
| 2005 | 12.13 | +6.27 pp |
| 2004 | 5.85 | −0.84 pp |
| 2003 | 6.69 | +0.13 pp |
| 2002 | 6.56 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Government expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Unlike the share of GDP, it shows the priority within the budget: a country may spend little on education as a percentage of GDP, yet with a small state that turns out to be a significant part of all expenditure. The international benchmark agreed under the Dakar Framework for Action is fifteen to twenty percent of the budget.
Important: The aggregate is weighted by government consumption in dollars: it accounts for about two thirds of all budget expenditure, and the source does not publish absolute spending. The same device is used for military expenditure in the budget.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
