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Zambia — Education spending
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) for Zambia, 1970–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.07%
Government Education Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -7.2% since 1970
Education spending for Zambia was 4.07% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 44 years, from 1970 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.24% in 1975. The lowest was 1.10% in 2008 (about 3.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.14% per year.
Zambia ranks 94 of 172 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 55%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.61%, so Zambia sits above it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 35% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 10%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.07%
First (1970)
4.39%
Change
-7.2%
Highest
6.24%
in 1975
Lowest
1.10%
in 2008
Average
3.76%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.14%
Years of data
44
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.07% |
| 2022 | 3.66% |
| 2021 | 3.11% |
| 2020 | 3.94% |
| 2019 | 4.42% |
| 2018 | 4.74% |
| 2017 | 3.73% |
| 2016 | 3.75% |
| 2015 | 4.62% |
| 2014 | 5.15% |
| 2013 | 3.72% |
| 2012 | 3.7% |
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.