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Gambia, The — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Gambia, The, 1985–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.81%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -34.6% since 1985
Education spending for Gambia, The was 2.81% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 33 years, from 1985 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 4.30% in 1985. The lowest was 0.62% in 2004 (about 4.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.11% per year.
Gambia, The ranks 144 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Gambia, The sits below it. It peaked in 1985 and has fallen 35% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 54%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.81%
First (1985)
4.30%
Change
-34.6%
Highest
4.30%
in 1985
Lowest
0.62%
in 2004
Average
2.21%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.11%
Years of data
33
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.81% |
| 2022 | 2.89% |
| 2021 | 3.04% |
| 2020 | 2.89% |
| 2019 | 2.81% |
| 2018 | 2.37% |
| 2017 | 2.46% |
| 2016 | 2.02% |
| 2015 | 2.16% |
| 2014 | 2.23% |
| 2013 | 1.82% |
| 2012 | 2.64% |
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.