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Ethiopia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Ethiopia, 1971–2024.
Latest value · 2024
2.30%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +91.9% since 1971
Education spending for Ethiopia was 2.30% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 37 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 5.57% in 2012. The lowest was 1.20% in 1971 (about 1.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.24% per year.
Ethiopia ranks 155 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 90%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Ethiopia sits below it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 59% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 50%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
2.30%
First (1971)
1.20%
Change
+91.9%
Highest
5.57%
in 2012
Lowest
1.20%
in 1971
Average
3.50%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.24%
Years of data
37
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.3% |
| 2023 | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 3.74% |
| 2021 | 4.07% |
| 2020 | 4.09% |
| 2019 | 4.48% |
| 2018 | 5.22% |
| 2017 | 5.5% |
| 2016 | 5.06% |
| 2015 | 4.74% |
| 2014 | 4.6% |
| 2013 | 4.5% |
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.