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Eswatini — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Eswatini, 1976–2024.
Latest value · 2024
6.03%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +62.4% since 1976
Education spending for Eswatini was 6.03% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 39 years, from 1976 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 7.28% in 2014. The lowest was 3.71% in 1976 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.01% per year.
Eswatini ranks 23 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 13%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Eswatini sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 17%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
6.03%
First (1976)
3.71%
Change
+62.4%
Highest
7.28%
in 2014
Lowest
3.71%
in 1976
Average
5.65%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.01%
Years of data
39
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.03% |
| 2023 | 5% |
| 2022 | 5.57% |
| 2021 | 5.29% |
| 2020 | 5.33% |
| 2019 | 5.7% |
| 2018 | 5.74% |
| 2017 | 6.18% |
| 2016 | 5.43% |
| 2015 | 5.35% |
| 2014 | 7.28% |
| 2013 | 5.08% |
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.