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Burkina Faso — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Burkina Faso, 1978–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.33%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +217.1% since 1978
Education spending for Burkina Faso was 5.33% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 23 years, from 1978 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.63% in 2017. The lowest was 1.43% in 1988 (about 3.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.60% per year.
Burkina Faso ranks 39 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Burkina Faso sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 30%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.33%
First (1978)
1.68%
Change
+217.1%
Highest
5.63%
in 2017
Lowest
1.43%
in 1988
Average
3.74%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.60%
Years of data
23
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.33% |
| 2022 | 5.29% |
| 2021 | 5.25% |
| 2020 | 5.21% |
| 2019 | 5.46% |
| 2018 | 5.49% |
| 2017 | 5.63% |
| 2015 | 3.67% |
| 2014 | 4.05% |
| 2013 | 4.08% |
| 2012 | 3.6% |
| 2011 | 3.99% |
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.