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Malawi — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Malawi, 1986–2022.
Latest value · 2022
2.75%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +25.1% since 1986
Education spending for Malawi was 2.75% in 2022, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 21 years, from 1986 to 2022. The highest recorded value was 3.85% in 2015. The lowest was 2.18% in 1988 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.62% per year.
Malawi ranks 145 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Malawi sits below it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 29% since. Over the last decade (2012–2022) the figure moved up 9%.
Key figures
Latest (2022)
2.75%
First (1986)
2.20%
Change
+25.1%
Highest
3.85%
in 2015
Lowest
2.18%
in 1988
Average
2.90%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.62%
Years of data
21
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.75% |
| 2018 | 3.32% |
| 2017 | 2.77% |
| 2016 | 3.28% |
| 2015 | 3.85% |
| 2014 | 3.33% |
| 2013 | 3.72% |
| 2012 | 2.53% |
| 2011 | 2.85% |
| 2010 | 2.43% |
| 2003 | 2.21% |
| 2001 | 3.1% |
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.