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Central African Republic — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Central African Republic, 1978–2023.
Latest value · 2023
1.83%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -42.3% since 1978
Education spending for Central African Republic was 1.83% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 29 years, from 1978 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.17% in 1978. The lowest was 1.11% in 2011 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.21% per year.
Central African Republic ranks 164 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Central African Republic sits below it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 42% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
1.83%
First (1978)
3.17%
Change
-42.3%
Highest
3.17%
in 1978
Lowest
1.11%
in 2011
Average
1.83%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.21%
Years of data
29
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.83% |
| 2022 | 2.12% |
| 2021 | 1.87% |
| 2020 | 2.14% |
| 2019 | 1.77% |
| 2018 | 1.57% |
| 2017 | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 1.91% |
| 2014 | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 2.64% |
| 2012 | 1.98% |
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.