Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
Source: UNESCO; data are extrapolated to the most recent year available
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botswana | 9.48 | 2019 |
| 2 | Djibouti | 7.80 | 2019 |
| 3 | Eswatini | 7.05 | 2019 |
| 4 | South Africa | 6.41 | 2019 |
| 5 | Lesotho | 5.94 | 2019 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 5.90 | 2019 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 5.38 | 2019 |
| 8 | Cabo Verde | 5.20 | 2019 |
| 9 | Morocco | 5.20 | 2019 |
| 10 | Burundi | 5.18 | 2019 |
| 11 | Senegal | 4.99 | 2019 |
| 12 | Kenya | 4.94 | 2019 |
| 13 | Togo | 4.79 | 2019 |
| 14 | Mauritius | 4.77 | 2019 |
| 15 | Malawi | 4.62 | 2019 |
| 16 | Seychelles | 4.54 | 2019 |
| 17 | Algeria | 4.47 | 2019 |
| 18 | Egypt | 4.41 | 2019 |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 4.31 | 2019 |
| 20 | Ghana | 4.24 | 2019 |
| 21 | Mali | 3.80 | 2019 |
| 22 | Tanzania | 3.73 | 2019 |
| 23 | Liberia | 3.66 | 2019 |
| 24 | Angola | 3.57 | 2019 |
| 25 | Zambia | 3.56 | 2019 |
| 26 | São Tomé and Principe | 3.48 | 2019 |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.20 | 2019 |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 3.07 | 2019 |
| 29 | Gabon | 3.06 | 2019 |
| 30 | Rwanda | 3.05 | 2019 |
| 31 | Benin | 2.93 | 2019 |
| 32 | Mauritania | 2.93 | 2019 |
| 33 | Namibia | 2.89 | 2019 |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 2.71 | 2019 |
| 35 | Cameroon | 2.68 | 2019 |
| 36 | The Gambia | 2.66 | 2019 |
| 37 | Comoros | 2.53 | 2019 |
| 38 | Congo | 2.52 | 2019 |
| 39 | Niger | 2.43 | 2019 |
| 40 | Sudan | 2.18 | 2019 |
| 41 | Libya | 2.14 | 2019 |
| 42 | Madagascar | 2.08 | 2019 |
| 43 | Guinea | 2.06 | 2019 |
| 44 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 2.06 | 2019 |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 1.91 | 2019 |
| 46 | Chad | 1.77 | 2019 |
| 47 | Uganda | 1.72 | 2019 |
| 48 | Eritrea | 1.72 | 2019 |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.16 | 2019 |
| 50 | Central African Republic | 1.15 | 2019 |
| 51 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 52 | Somalia | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 53 | Nigeria | 0.85 | 2019 |
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Limitations and Exceptions: Public education expenditures are considered an addition to savings. However, because of the wide variability in the effectiveness of public education expenditures, these figures cannot be construed as the value of investments in human capital. A current expenditure of $1 on education does not necessarily yield $1 of human capital. The calculation should also consider private education expenditure, but data are not available for a large number of countries.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
