Chad — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Chad, 1997–2023.
Education spending for Chad was 3.20% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 22 years, from 1997 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.23% in 1999. The lowest was 1.30% in 2005 (about 2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.33% per year.
Chad ranks 127 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Chad sits below it. It peaked in 1999 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 55%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 24 of 41 economies; Tanzania (3.16%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 96% in 1999. That is 35% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 53 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 29th of 36 in 1997 → 92nd of 116 in 2000 → 126th of 130 in 2010 → 132nd of 157 in 2020 → 69th of 107 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 1997 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2% | +0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 2.6% | +0.6 pp |
| 2021 | 2.02% | -0.7 pp |
| 2020 | 2.74% | +0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 2.37% | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 2.26% | +0.4 pp |
| 2017 | 1.84% | -0.5 pp |
| 2016 | 2.39% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 2.34% | +0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 2.32% | +0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 2.07% | +0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 1.52% | -0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 1.65% | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -0.2 pp |
| 2009 | 1.74% | +0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 1.3% | -0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 1.59% | -0.8 pp |
| 2001 | 2.43% | -0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 2.65% | -0.6 pp |
| 1999 | 3.23% | +1.6 pp |
| 1998 | 1.65% | -0.6 pp |
| 1997 | 2.27% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Chad’s Education spending in 1998?
1.65% (1998). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Chad’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1997 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +40.8% in total — about 1.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 3.2%; 2022: 2.6%; 2021: 2.02%; 2020: 2.74%; 2019: 2.37%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.