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Education expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Education expenditure (% of GDP) — Gambia

Education expenditure (% of GDP) in the Gambia in 2023 — 2.81%. Ranked 89 in the world out of 121. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 1.49 pp.

2023 2.81% −0.08 pp vs 2022
World rank 89of 121
Period maximum 4.3%1985
Period minimum 0.62%2004

Trend over time

1985–2023 · % of GDP

Education expenditure (% of GDP) — Gambia, 1985–20230246198519891993199720012005200920132017202120231985: 4.3%1986: 3.48%1989: 2.97%1990: 2.83%1991: 3.78%1992: 1.17%1995: 2.55%1996: 2.57%1999: 1.57%2000: 1.47%2001: 1.16%2002: 1.44%2003: 1.36%2004: 0.62%2005: 0.69%2006: 0.75%2007: 0.82%2008: 2.18%2009: 1.91%2010: 2.56%2011: 2.5%2012: 2.64%2013: 1.82%2014: 2.23%2015: 2.16%2016: 2.02%2017: 2.46%2018: 2.37%2019: 2.81%2020: 2.89%2021: 3.04%2022: 2.89%2023: 2.81%
Change over the period: −1.49 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Gambia 2.81%
World 3.57%
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.26%
Western Africa computed 1.54%
Education expenditure (% of GDP) — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.81 −0.08 pp
2022 2.89 −0.15 pp
2021 3.04 +0.16 pp
2020 2.89 +0.08 pp
2019 2.81 +0.44 pp
2018 2.37 −0.09 pp
2017 2.46 +0.43 pp
2016 2.02 −0.14 pp
2015 2.16 −0.07 pp
2014 2.23 +0.41 pp
2013 1.82 −0.82 pp
2012 2.64 +0.14 pp
2011 2.5 −0.06 pp
2010 2.56 +0.66 pp
2009 1.91 −0.27 pp
2008 2.18 +1.36 pp
2007 0.82 +0.07 pp
2006 0.75 +0.06 pp
2005 0.69 +0.07 pp
2004 0.62 −0.74 pp
2003 1.36 −0.08 pp
2002 1.44 +0.28 pp
2001 1.16 −0.31 pp
2000 1.47 −0.1 pp
1999 1.57 —
1996 2.57 +0.01 pp
1995 2.55 —
1992 1.17 −2.61 pp
1991 3.78 +0.95 pp
1990 2.83 −0.15 pp
1989 2.97 —
1986 3.48 −0.81 pp
1985 4.3 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SN Senegal 6.16 BF Burkina Faso 5.33 MR Mauritania 4.72 CV Cabo Verde 4.35 ML Mali 4.18 TG Togo 4.14 NE Niger 4.07 CI Côte d'Ivoire 3.39 BJ Benin 3.23 GM Gambia 2.81 SL Sierra Leone 2.62 LR Liberia 2.27 GN Guinea 1.72 NG Nigeria 0.32
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About the indicator

Total government expenditure on education (current, capital and transfers) as a percentage of GDP, covering all levels from preprimary to tertiary. The international benchmark of the Incheon Declaration is 4–6% of GDP. The indicator leaves out private spending by households, which in some countries is comparable to public spending.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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