Gambia Education Spending 2000-2023

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.
  • Gambia education spending for 2021 was 13.98%, a 0.21% increase from 2020.
  • Gambia education spending for 2020 was 13.77%, a 0.33% decline from 2019.
  • Gambia education spending for 2019 was 14.10%, a 2.74% increase from 2018.
  • Gambia education spending for 2018 was 11.36%, a 4.08% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
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%
Gambia Education Spending - Historical Data
Year Education Spending (% of GDP) Annual Change
2021 13.98% 0.21%
2020 13.77% -0.33%
2019 14.10% 2.74%
2018 11.36% -4.08%
2017 15.44% 4.99%
2016 10.45% -0.58%
2015 11.03% -0.72%
2014 11.75% 1.17%
2013 10.59% -3.21%
2012 13.80% -1.32%
2011 15.12% -2.49%
2010 17.61% 4.32%
2009 13.29% -5.59%
2008 18.88% 11.58%
2007 7.30% 1.94%
2006 5.36% 0.02%
2005 5.34% 0.31%
2004 5.03% -3.44%
2003 8.47% -2.48%
2002 10.95% 2.74%
2001 8.21% -3.72%
2000 11.92% -3.72%