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Guinea — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Guinea, 1984–2023.
Latest value · 2023
1.72%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +414.9% since 1984
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
1.72%
First (1984)
0.33%
Change
+414.9%
Highest
2.63%
in 2013
Lowest
0.33%
in 1984
Average
1.89%
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.29%
Years of data
27
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.72% |
| 2022 | 2.01% |
| 2021 | 2.04% |
| 2020 | 2.45% |
| 2019 | 1.86% |
| 2018 | 2.38% |
| 2017 | 2.32% |
| 2016 | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 2.52% |
| 2014 | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 2.63% |
| 2012 | 1.83% |
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.