Public expenditure on education as % of GDP is the total public expenditure (current and capital) on education expressed as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a given year. Public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and transfers/subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | |||
| Burkina Faso | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | |||||
| केप वर्दे | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 4.7 | ||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 5.9 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.4 | |
| Ghana | 7.4 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | ||||
| Guinea Bissau | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | |||||||
| Mali | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | |||
| Niger | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.1 | |||
| Nigeria | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||||
| Senegal | 2.5 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.0 | |||
| Sierra Leone | 4.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 6.8 | |||
| Gambia | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | |
| Togo | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 |