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Burundi — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Burundi, 1979–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.50%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +60.7% since 1979
Education spending for Burundi was 4.50% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 29 years, from 1979 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 6.78% in 2014. The lowest was 2.65% in 2000 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.04% per year.
Burundi ranks 72 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 42%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Burundi sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 34% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.50%
First (1979)
2.80%
Change
+60.7%
Highest
6.78%
in 2014
Lowest
2.65%
in 2000
Average
4.63%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.04%
Years of data
29
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.5% |
| 2021 | 4.87% |
| 2020 | 5.32% |
| 2019 | 5.35% |
| 2018 | 5.08% |
| 2017 | 4.76% |
| 2016 | 4.69% |
| 2015 | 6.37% |
| 2014 | 6.78% |
| 2013 | 6% |
| 2012 | 6.17% |
| 2011 | 6.32% |
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.