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Sao Tome and Principe — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe, 2002–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.03%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +84.8% since 2002
Education spending for Sao Tome and Principe was 5.03% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 22 years, from 2002 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 9.99% in 2009. The lowest was 2.72% in 2002 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.97% per year.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 57 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 33%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Sao Tome and Principe sits above it. It peaked in 2009 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 25%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.03%
First (2002)
2.72%
Change
+84.8%
Highest
9.99%
in 2009
Lowest
2.72%
in 2002
Average
5.74%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.97%
Years of data
22
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.03% |
| 2022 | 5.19% |
| 2021 | 5.54% |
| 2020 | 5.03% |
| 2019 | 6.11% |
| 2018 | 5.62% |
| 2017 | 5.87% |
| 2016 | 6.12% |
| 2015 | 4.7% |
| 2014 | 4.43% |
| 2013 | 6.69% |
| 2012 | 6.93% |
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.