Education expenditure in the budget in Western Africa in 2023 — 17.23%. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 1.83 pp.
2010–2023 · % of government expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.23 | +1.82 pp |
| 2022 | 15.41 | −0.01 pp |
| 2021 | 15.42 | −1.45 pp |
| 2020 | 16.87 | −0.05 pp |
| 2019 | 16.92 | −2.28 pp |
| 2018 | 19.2 | −0.03 pp |
| 2017 | 19.24 | +0.34 pp |
| 2016 | 18.9 | −0.62 pp |
| 2015 | 19.52 | −0.05 pp |
| 2014 | 19.57 | +0.5 pp |
| 2013 | 19.07 | −1.5 pp |
| 2012 | 20.58 | −1.55 pp |
| 2011 | 22.13 | +6.73 pp |
| 2010 | 15.4 | — |
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.
Government spending on education at all levels as a percentage of GDP.
Defense Military expenditure share of the budgetWhat part of government spending goes to defense.
Education Harmonized test scoresWhat children have actually learned — a score on a scale that brings different international tests together.