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Kenya — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Kenya, 1971–2024.
Latest value · 2024
4.02%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +2.4% since 1971
Education spending for Kenya was 4.02% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 43 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 7.34% in 2005. The lowest was 3.93% in 1971 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.04% per year.
Kenya ranks 97 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 56%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Kenya sits above it. It peaked in 2005 and has fallen 45% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 15%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
4.02%
First (1971)
3.93%
Change
+2.4%
Highest
7.34%
in 2005
Lowest
3.93%
in 1971
Average
5.38%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.04%
Years of data
43
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.02% |
| 2023 | 3.96% |
| 2022 | 4.51% |
| 2021 | 4.89% |
| 2020 | 5.05% |
| 2019 | 5.37% |
| 2018 | 5.11% |
| 2017 | 4.96% |
| 2016 | 4.9% |
| 2015 | 4.74% |
| 2014 | 4.72% |
| 2013 | 4.84% |
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.