Public spending on education, total (% of GDP) - 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 on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education 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.
Public spending on education, total (% of GDP) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Lesotho (2006)13.3
2Sudan (1996)12.15
3Djibouti (2007)8.58
4Botswana (2007)8.14
5Swaziland (2006)7.97
6Tunisia (2006)7.15
7Kenya (2006)7.05
8Namibia (2003)6.92
9Seychelles (2006)6.26
10Liberia (1980)5.77
11Cape Verde (2007)5.71
12Morocco (2006)5.52
13North Africa (2006)5.52
14Ethiopia (2007)5.49
15Ghana (2005)5.44
16South Africa (2007)5.4
17Guinea-Bissau (1999)5.25
18Uganda (2004)5.24
19Mozambique (2006)5.2
20Burundi (2005)5.1
21Rwanda (2007)4.86
22Senegal (2006)4.82
23Ivory Coast (2001)4.64
24Africa (2005)4.6
25Mali (2006)4.59
26Zimbabwe (2000)4.57
27Burkina Faso (2006)4.51
28Sub-Saharan Africa (2005)4.45
29Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2005)4.44
30Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2005)4.44
31Malawi (2003)4.22
32Benin (2006)3.9
33Mauritius (2006)3.89
34Cameroon (2007)3.87
35Gabon (2000)3.83
36Comoros (2002)3.81
37Sierra Leone (2005)3.8
38Egypt (2007)3.75
39Togo (2007)3.74
40Madagascar (2007)3.38
41Niger (2006)3.38
42Mauritania (2006)2.88
43Libya (1999)2.67
44Angola (2006)2.65
45Eritrea (2006)2.38
46Tanzania (1999)2.17
47Gambia (2004)2.02
48Chad (2005)1.92
49Republic of the Congo (2005)1.84
50Guinea (2005)1.67
51Zambia (2007)1.53
52Central African Republic (2006)1.4
53Nigeria (1995)0.83
54Equatorial Guinea (2003)0.6
55Somalia (1985)0.42
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