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Madagascar — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Madagascar, 1972–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.05%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -5.3% since 1972
Education spending for Madagascar was 3.05% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 41 years, from 1972 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.05% in 1977. The lowest was 1.54% in 1997 (about 2.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.11% per year.
Madagascar ranks 134 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Madagascar sits below it. It peaked in 1977 and has fallen 40% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 72%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.05%
First (1972)
3.22%
Change
-5.3%
Highest
5.05%
in 1977
Lowest
1.54%
in 1997
Average
2.68%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.11%
Years of data
41
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.05% |
| 2022 | 3.07% |
| 2021 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 3.25% |
| 2019 | 3.01% |
| 2018 | 2.84% |
| 2017 | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 2.69% |
| 2015 | 2.21% |
| 2014 | 2.38% |
| 2013 | 1.78% |
| 2012 | 2.34% |
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.