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Sierra Leone — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Sierra Leone, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.62%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -47.0% since 2000
Education spending for Sierra Leone was 2.62% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 23 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.59% in 2021. The lowest was 1.45% in 2008 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.72% per year.
Sierra Leone ranks 147 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Sierra Leone sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 53% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 68%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.62%
First (2000)
4.95%
Change
-47.0%
Highest
5.59%
in 2021
Lowest
1.45%
in 2008
Average
2.78%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.72%
Years of data
23
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.62% |
| 2022 | 4.91% |
| 2021 | 5.59% |
| 2020 | 5.35% |
| 2019 | 4.65% |
| 2018 | 4.47% |
| 2017 | 3.02% |
| 2016 | 1.85% |
| 2015 | 3.22% |
| 2014 | 1.74% |
| 2013 | 1.56% |
| 2012 | 1.78% |
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.