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Rwanda — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Rwanda, 1977–2024.
Latest value · 2024
4.61%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +114.6% since 1977
Education spending for Rwanda was 4.61% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 28 years, from 1977 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 5.59% in 2021. The lowest was 2.15% in 1977 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.64% per year.
Rwanda ranks 68 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 40%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Rwanda sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
4.61%
First (1977)
2.15%
Change
+114.6%
Highest
5.59%
in 2021
Lowest
2.15%
in 1977
Average
3.79%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.64%
Years of data
28
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.61% |
| 2023 | 4.92% |
| 2022 | 4.74% |
| 2021 | 5.59% |
| 2020 | 3.33% |
| 2019 | 3.24% |
| 2018 | 3.07% |
| 2017 | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 3.43% |
| 2015 | 3.65% |
| 2014 | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 4.74% |
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.