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Botswana — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Botswana, 1971–2020.
Latest value · 2020
8.06%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +83.7% since 1971
Education spending for Botswana was 8.06% in 2020, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1971 to 2020. The highest recorded value was 10.83% in 2011. The lowest was 3.26% in 1973 (about 2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.25% per year.
Botswana ranks 6 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Botswana sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 26% since. Over the last decade (2011–2020) the figure moved down 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2020)
8.06%
First (1971)
4.39%
Change
+83.7%
Highest
10.83%
in 2011
Lowest
3.26%
in 1973
Average
6.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.25%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8.06% |
| 2019 | 8.4% |
| 2018 | 7.91% |
| 2017 | 7.81% |
| 2016 | 8.74% |
| 2015 | 8.39% |
| 2014 | 7.89% |
| 2013 | 8.02% |
| 2012 | 8.11% |
| 2011 | 10.83% |
| 2009 | 9.83% |
| 2007 | 9.05% |
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.