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Gabon — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Gabon, 1992–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.32%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -17.5% since 1992
Education spending for Gabon was 2.32% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 18 years, from 1992 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.83% in 2000. The lowest was 2.21% in 2022 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.62% per year.
Gabon ranks 154 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 90%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Gabon sits below it. It peaked in 2000 and has fallen 39% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.32%
First (1992)
2.81%
Change
-17.5%
Highest
3.83%
in 2000
Lowest
2.21%
in 2022
Average
2.97%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.62%
Years of data
18
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.32% |
| 2022 | 2.21% |
| 2021 | 2.7% |
| 2020 | 3.4% |
| 2019 | 2.87% |
| 2018 | 3.07% |
| 2017 | 3.56% |
| 2016 | 2.67% |
| 2015 | 2.82% |
| 2014 | 2.67% |
| 2013 | 3.03% |
| 2012 | 3.01% |
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.