Burkina Faso Education Spending 1988-2023

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
  • Burkina Faso education spending for 2021 was 21.56%, a 0.45% increase from 2020.
  • Burkina Faso education spending for 2020 was 21.11%, a 0.22% increase from 2019.
  • Burkina Faso education spending for 2019 was 20.89%, a 1.77% decline from 2018.
  • Burkina Faso education spending for 2018 was 22.66%, a 1.22% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Education Spending (% of GDP)
Sierra Leone 33.83%
Democratic Republic of Congo 21.61%
Burkina Faso 21.56%
Senegal 21.08%
Togo 20.80%
Burundi 20.44%
Tajikistan 19.91%
Mozambique 18.76%
Haiti 16.11%
Mali 15.96%
Madagascar 15.52%
Chad 15.13%
Nepal 14.39%
Gambia 13.98%
Tanzania 13.54%
Guinea 11.98%
Niger 11.95%
Rwanda 11.32%
South Sudan 11.21%
Afghanistan 10.88%
Guinea-Bissau 9.32%
Central African Republic 9.09%
Uganda 8.21%
Liberia 6.87%
Somalia 4.36%
Burkina Faso Education Spending - Historical Data
Year Education Spending (% of GDP) Annual Change
2021 21.56% 0.45%
2020 21.11% 0.22%
2019 20.89% -1.77%
2018 22.66% 1.22%
2017 21.44% 3.42%
2015 18.03% -1.34%
2014 19.37% 3.20%
2013 16.17% 0.27%
2012 15.90% -3.61%
2011 19.50% 3.33%
2010 16.17% -1.69%
2007 17.86% -0.34%
2006 18.20% -1.29%
2005 19.49% 12.15%
1996 7.34% -12.61%
1994 19.95% 12.74%
1988 7.21% 12.74%