Congo, Dem. Rep. — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Congo, Dem. Rep., 1980–2022.
Education spending for Congo, Dem. Rep. was 2.84% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 18 years, from 1980 to 2022. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 0.70% in 1984 (about 4.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.54% per year.
Congo, Dem. Rep. ranks 141 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Congo, Dem. Rep. sits below it. Over the last decade (2013–2022) the figure moved up 38%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 28 of 41 economies; Cameroon (2.84%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 87% in 2010. That is 27% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 128 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 52nd of 63 in 1980 → 125th of 130 in 2010 → 138th of 157 in 2020 → 115th of 150 in 2022.
Key figures
Full history — 1980 to 2022
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.84% | +0.2 pp |
| 2021 | 2.66% | +0.0 pp |
| 2020 | 2.62% | +1.2 pp |
| 2017 | 1.45% | -0.7 pp |
| 2016 | 2.12% | -0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 2.17% | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 1.95% | -0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 2.06% | +0.5 pp |
| 2010 | 1.52% | +0.7 pp |
| 1988 | 0.81% | -0.0 pp |
| 1987 | 0.86% | +0.1 pp |
| 1986 | 0.72% | -0.1 pp |
| 1985 | 0.83% | +0.1 pp |
| 1984 | 0.7% | -0.6 pp |
| 1983 | 1.3% | -1.5 pp |
| 1982 | 2.8% | +0.3 pp |
| 1981 | 2.54% | +0.3 pp |
| 1980 | 2.27% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Congo, Dem. Rep.’s Education spending in 1981?
2.54% (1981). 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 Congo, Dem. Rep.’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1980 and 2022 the series was growing overall: +25.5% in total — about 0.5% 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: 2022: 2.84%; 2021: 2.66%; 2020: 2.62%; 2017: 1.45%; 2016: 2.12%. 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.