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Niger — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Niger, 1971–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.07%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +287.2% since 1971
Education spending for Niger was 4.07% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1971 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.10% in 2014. The lowest was 1.05% in 1971 (about 3.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.64% per year.
Niger ranks 93 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 54%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Niger sits above it. It peaked in 2014 and has fallen 20% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.07%
First (1971)
1.05%
Change
+287.2%
Highest
5.10%
in 2014
Lowest
1.05%
in 1971
Average
2.91%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.64%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.07% |
| 2022 | 3.71% |
| 2021 | 3.82% |
| 2020 | 3.82% |
| 2019 | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 3.45% |
| 2017 | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 2.96% |
| 2015 | 4.49% |
| 2014 | 5.1% |
| 2013 | 3.69% |
| 2012 | 3.19% |
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.