Comoros — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Comoros, 1998–2023.
Education spending for Comoros was 2.34% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 12 years, from 1998 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.42% in 2008. The lowest was 2.20% in 1998 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.25% per year.
Comoros ranks 153 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 89%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Comoros sits below it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 47% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 2%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 35 of 41 economies; Gabon (2.32%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 96% in 2008. That is 4% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1998 level: doubled by 2008.
World ranking. Slipped: 74th of 86 in 1998 → 143rd of 157 in 2020 → 89th of 107 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 1998 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.34% | -0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 2.43% | +0.2 pp |
| 2021 | 2.27% | -0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 2.38% | -0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 2.55% | -0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 2.74% | +0.4 pp |
| 2013 | 2.38% | -0.4 pp |
| 2012 | 2.75% | -0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 2.83% | -1.6 pp |
| 2008 | 4.42% | +2.2 pp |
| 2002 | 2.26% | +0.1 pp |
| 1998 | 2.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Comoros’s Education spending in 2002?
2.26% (2002). 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 Comoros’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1998 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +6.4% in total — about 0.2% 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: 2.34%; 2022: 2.43%; 2021: 2.27%; 2020: 2.38%; 2015: 2.55%. 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.