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Seychelles — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Seychelles, 1970–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.45%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +6.3% since 1970
Education spending for Seychelles was 4.45% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 32 years, from 1970 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.31% in 1984. The lowest was 2.54% in 2012 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.12% per year.
Seychelles ranks 75 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Seychelles sits above it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 61% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.45%
First (1970)
4.19%
Change
+6.3%
Highest
11.31%
in 1984
Lowest
2.54%
in 2012
Average
5.31%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.12%
Years of data
32
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.45% |
| 2022 | 3.66% |
| 2021 | 4.87% |
| 2020 | 4.19% |
| 2019 | 3.56% |
| 2018 | 3.59% |
| 2017 | 3.35% |
| 2016 | 4.02% |
| 2015 | 4.91% |
| 2014 | 3.95% |
| 2013 | 3.62% |
| 2012 | 2.54% |
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.