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Namibia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Namibia, 1999–2024.
Latest value · 2024
9.08%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +27.4% since 1999
Education spending for Namibia was 9.08% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 21 years, from 1999 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 10.59% in 2016. The lowest was 1.40% in 2017 (about 6.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.97% per year.
Namibia ranks 3 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Namibia sits above it. It peaked in 2016 and has fallen 14% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 148%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
9.08%
First (1999)
7.13%
Change
+27.4%
Highest
10.59%
in 2016
Lowest
1.40%
in 2017
Average
7.72%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.97%
Years of data
21
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.08% |
| 2022 | 9.39% |
| 2021 | 10.39% |
| 2020 | 9.28% |
| 2019 | 9.32% |
| 2018 | 8.88% |
| 2017 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 10.59% |
| 2015 | 9.85% |
| 2014 | 3.67% |
| 2013 | 8.6% |
| 2012 | 9.24% |
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.