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Tanzania — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Tanzania, 1971–2024.
Latest value · 2024
3.16%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +83.0% since 1971
Education spending for Tanzania was 3.16% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 31 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 4.64% in 2013. The lowest was 1.47% in 1990 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.15% per year.
Tanzania ranks 129 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 75%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Tanzania sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 32% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
3.16%
First (1971)
1.72%
Change
+83.0%
Highest
4.64%
in 2013
Lowest
1.47%
in 1990
Average
3.15%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.15%
Years of data
31
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.16% |
| 2023 | 3.26% |
| 2022 | 3.24% |
| 2021 | 3.12% |
| 2020 | 3.23% |
| 2019 | 3.6% |
| 2018 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 4.43% |
| 2016 | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 4.19% |
| 2014 | 3.38% |
| 2013 | 4.64% |
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.