Guinea — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Guinea, 1984–2023.
Education spending for Guinea was 1.72% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 27 years, from 1984 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 2.63% in 2013. The lowest was 0.33% in 1984 (about 5.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.29% per year.
Guinea ranks 167 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 97%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Guinea sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 35% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 35%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 40 of 41 economies; Nigeria (0.32%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 313% in 1991. That is 24% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1984 level: doubled by 1991. Doubling roughly every 16 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 57th of 57 in 1984 → 109th of 116 in 2000 → 109th of 130 in 2010 → 141st of 157 in 2020 → 102nd of 107 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 1984 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.72% | -0.3 pp |
| 2022 | 2.01% | -0.0 pp |
| 2021 | 2.04% | -0.4 pp |
| 2020 | 2.45% | +0.6 pp |
| 2019 | 1.86% | -0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 2.38% | +0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 2.32% | -0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 2.54% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 2.52% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 2.42% | -0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 2.63% | +0.8 pp |
| 2012 | 1.83% | -0.5 pp |
| 2011 | 2.29% | -0.3 pp |
| 2010 | 2.55% | +0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 2.21% | +0.6 pp |
| 2008 | 1.58% | +0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 1.27% | -0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 1.52% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 1.63% | -0.2 pp |
| 2002 | 1.78% | +0.4 pp |
| 2001 | 1.43% | -0.4 pp |
| 2000 | 1.78% | +0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 1.62% | +0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 1.43% | +0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 1.38% | -0.0 pp |
| 1991 | 1.38% | +1.0 pp |
| 1984 | 0.33% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Guinea’s Education spending in 1991?
1.38% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Guinea’s Education spending growing or shrinking?
Between 1984 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +414.9% in total — about 4.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 1.72%; 2022: 2.01%; 2021: 2.04%; 2020: 2.45%; 2019: 1.86%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.