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Cameroon — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Cameroon, 1971–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.84%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -7.8% since 1971
Education spending for Cameroon was 2.84% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1971 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.50% in 1983. The lowest was 1.70% in 2000 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.16% per year.
Cameroon ranks 142 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 83%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Cameroon sits below it. It peaked in 1983 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.84%
First (1971)
3.08%
Change
-7.8%
Highest
3.50%
in 1983
Lowest
1.70%
in 2000
Average
2.82%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.16%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.84% |
| 2022 | 2.66% |
| 2021 | 2.85% |
| 2020 | 3.1% |
| 2019 | 3.05% |
| 2018 | 3.03% |
| 2017 | 3.06% |
| 2016 | 2.56% |
| 2015 | 2.66% |
| 2014 | 2.58% |
| 2013 | 2.66% |
| 2012 | 2.6% |
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.