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Liberia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Liberia, 1978–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.27%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -67.6% since 1978
Education spending for Liberia was 2.27% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 15 years, from 1978 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.99% in 1978. The lowest was 1.69% in 2013 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.47% per year.
Liberia ranks 156 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 91%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Liberia sits below it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 68% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 34%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.27%
First (1978)
6.99%
Change
-67.6%
Highest
6.99%
in 1978
Lowest
1.69%
in 2013
Average
2.75%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.47%
Years of data
15
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.27% |
| 2022 | 2.28% |
| 2021 | 2.42% |
| 2020 | 2.14% |
| 2019 | 2.17% |
| 2018 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 2.66% |
| 2016 | 2.11% |
| 2015 | 2.12% |
| 2014 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 1.69% |
| 2012 | 1.78% |
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.