Benin — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Benin, 1998–2023.
Education spending for Benin was 3.23% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 1998 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.68% in 2010. The lowest was 1.92% in 1999 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.65% per year.
Benin ranks 126 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 73%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Benin sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 3%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 23 of 41 economies; Chad (3.20%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 30% in 1999. That is 4% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 107 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 63rd of 86 in 1998 → 105th of 116 in 2000 → 75th of 130 in 2010 → 130th of 157 in 2020 → 68th of 107 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 1998 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.23% | +0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 3.1% | +0.0 pp |
| 2021 | 3.1% | +0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 2.9% | +0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 2.73% | -0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 2.93% | -0.6 pp |
| 2017 | 3.54% | +0.6 pp |
| 2016 | 2.9% | -0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 3.17% | +0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 3.16% | -0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 3.33% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 3.56% | -0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 3.68% | +0.6 pp |
| 2009 | 3.09% | +0.3 pp |
| 2008 | 2.78% | +0.4 pp |
| 2007 | 2.36% | -0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 2.56% | -0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 2.66% | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 2.57% | +0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 2.28% | +0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 2.16% | -0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 2.37% | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 2.11% | +0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 1.92% | -0.8 pp |
| 1998 | 2.75% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Benin’s Education spending in 1999?
1.92% (1999). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Benin’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1998 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +17.5% in total — about 0.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 3.23%; 2022: 3.1%; 2021: 3.1%; 2020: 2.9%; 2019: 2.73%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.