Education expenditure in the budget — all countries

Education expenditure in the budget — Middle Africa

Education expenditure in the budget in Middle Africa in 2023 — 10.19%. Since 2010, the indicator has fallen by 0.81 pp.

2023 10.19% +1.16 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 11.85%2011
Period minimum 9.03%2022

Trend over time

2010–2023 · % of government expenditure

Education expenditure in the budget — Middle Africa, 2010–20239101112201020122014201620182020202220232010: 11%2011: 11.85%2012: 9.42%2013: 10.38%2014: 11.55%2015: 10.75%2016: 10.29%2017: 11.5%2018: 10.53%2019: 10.14%2020: 10.44%2021: 11.15%2022: 9.03%2023: 10.19%
Change over the period: −0.81 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle Africa

Middle Africa 10.19%
World 13.96%
Education expenditure in the budget — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 10.19 +1.16 pp
2022 9.03 −2.12 pp
2021 11.15 +0.71 pp
2020 10.44 +0.3 pp
2019 10.14 −0.39 pp
2018 10.53 −0.97 pp
2017 11.5 +1.21 pp
2016 10.29 −0.46 pp
2015 10.75 −0.8 pp
2014 11.55 +1.17 pp
2013 10.38 +0.96 pp
2012 9.42 −2.43 pp
2011 11.85 +0.85 pp
2010 11

About the indicator

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.