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Congo, Rep. — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Congo, Rep., 1970–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.34%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -41.7% since 1970
Education spending for Congo, Rep. was 3.34% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 28 years, from 1970 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.41% in 1978. The lowest was 1.68% in 2005 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.01% per year.
Congo, Rep. ranks 119 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 69%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Congo, Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 60% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 33%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.34%
First (1970)
5.73%
Change
-41.7%
Highest
8.41%
in 1978
Lowest
1.68%
in 2005
Average
4.38%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.01%
Years of data
28
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.34% |
| 2022 | 2.73% |
| 2021 | 3.31% |
| 2020 | 4.22% |
| 2019 | 3.25% |
| 2018 | 2.77% |
| 2017 | 4.17% |
| 2016 | 4.87% |
| 2015 | 3.14% |
| 2014 | 3.18% |
| 2013 | 5.01% |
| 2012 | 2.74% |
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.