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Congo, Dem. Rep. — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Congo, Dem. Rep., 1980–2022.
Latest value · 2022
2.84%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +25.5% since 1980
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
2.84%
First (1980)
2.27%
Change
+25.5%
Highest
2.84%
in 2022
Lowest
0.70%
in 1984
Average
1.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.54%
Years of data
18
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.84% |
| 2021 | 2.66% |
| 2020 | 2.62% |
| 2017 | 1.45% |
| 2016 | 2.12% |
| 2015 | 2.17% |
| 2014 | 1.95% |
| 2013 | 2.06% |
| 2010 | 1.52% |
| 1988 | 0.81% |
| 1987 | 0.86% |
| 1986 | 0.72% |
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.