Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are provisional. Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities). Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Expenditure per student, primary (% of GDP per capita) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Burkina Faso (2007)36.04
2Niger (2006)28.65
3Lesotho (2006)25.04
4Djibouti (2007)23.99
5Kenya (2006)22.36
6Namibia (2006)21.4
7Mali (2006)21.27
8Tunisia (2005)20.87
9Burundi (2005)19.92
10Ghana (2006)18.41
11Senegal (2006)17.88
12Ivory Coast (2001)16.63
13Seychelles (2004)16.49
14North Africa (2003)16.24
15Botswana (2005)16.14
16Swaziland (2006)15.87
17Cape Verde (2007)15.75
18Mozambique (2006)15.07
19South Africa (2007)14.64
20Morocco (2007)14.62
21Zimbabwe (2001)14.34
22Benin (2006)13.38
23Ethiopia (2007)12.52
24Algeria (2003)11.31
25Mauritius (2006)10.27
26Rwanda (2007)10.18
27Guinea (2000)10.01
28Malawi (2003)9.98
29Togo (2007)9.82
30Mauritania (2005)9.64
31Eritrea (2006)9.64
32Madagascar (2007)9.47
33Comoros (2002)9.32
34Uganda (2008)9.07
35Cameroon (2007)7.64
36Gambia (2004)7.58
37Central African Republic (2006)7.48
38Chad (2005)7.06
39Liberia (2007)5.99
40Zambia (2005)5.26
41Angola (2006)3.71
42Republic of the Congo (2005)3.02
43Equatorial Guinea (2001)0.87
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