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Albania — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Albania, 1994–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.09%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -10.3% since 1994
Education spending for Albania was 3.09% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 27 years, from 1994 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.92% in 2016. The lowest was 2.73% in 2022 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.37% per year.
Albania ranks 132 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 4.59%, so Albania sits below it. It peaked in 2016 and has fallen 21% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.09%
First (1994)
3.45%
Change
-10.3%
Highest
3.92%
in 2016
Lowest
2.73%
in 2022
Average
3.27%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.37%
Years of data
27
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.09% |
| 2022 | 2.73% |
| 2021 | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 3.33% |
| 2019 | 3.87% |
| 2018 | 3.08% |
| 2017 | 3.55% |
| 2016 | 3.92% |
| 2015 | 3.41% |
| 2014 | 3.18% |
| 2013 | 3.53% |
| 2012 | 3.3% |
Reading this correctly. Total general government expenditure on education, expressed as a percentage of GDP. Includes both current and capital spending. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS — Government Education Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.