Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 1.67 | 0.85 | 1.96 | 1.87 | 0.74 | 1.50 | 1.35 | |||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 7.48 | 9.64 | 8.33 | 8.49 | 8.29 | |||||||||||||
| Timor-Leste | 11.11 | 10.19 | 7.17 | 5.68 | 7.66 | 6.29 | 6.01 | 5.20 | 4.87 | 4.18 | 3.65 | 2.97 | ||||||
| Haiti | 1.75 | 1.85 | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.64 | 1.76 | 1.37 | 1.24 | 1.27 | |||||||||
| Yemen | 9.66 | 5.15 | 4.39 | 5.04 | 5.46 | |||||||||||||
| Afghanistan | 3.48 | 3.46 | 2.60 | 3.45 | 3.70 | 3.26 | 4.54 | 4.34 | ||||||||||
| Burundi | 3.36 | 2.65 | 3.63 | 6.68 | 6.24 | 6.03 | 6.00 | 7.52 | 7.10 | 4.97 | 5.01 | 5.41 | 5.35 | 5.32 | 4.87 | 4.82 | ||
| Central African Republic | 2.24 | 1.61 | 1.65 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.98 | 2.64 | 2.22 | 1.91 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.57 | 1.77 | 2.14 | 1.87 | 2.12 | ||
| Chad | 2.65 | 1.69 | 1.98 | 2.26 | 2.21 | 2.85 | 2.32 | 2.34 | 2.39 | 2.45 | 2.26 | 2.37 | 2.74 | 2.89 | 2.54 | |||
| Comoros | 2.83 | 2.75 | 2.38 | 2.74 | 2.55 | 2.38 | 2.27 | 2.43 | ||||||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 5.87 | 2.40 | 2.92 | 3.25 | 2.87 | 3.43 | 3.46 | 3.31 | 3.49 | 3.94 | 3.74 | 3.21 | 3.41 | 3.79 | 3.33 | 3.51 | 3.43 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.52 | 2.06 | 1.95 | 2.17 | 2.12 | 1.45 | 2.62 | 2.66 | 3.00 | |||||||||
| Guinea | 1.78 | 1.27 | 2.55 | 2.29 | 1.83 | 2.63 | 2.42 | 2.52 | 2.54 | 2.32 | 2.38 | 1.86 | 2.43 | 2.04 | 1.99 | |||
| Guinea Bissau | 1.68 | 1.77 | 1.89 | 2.01 | ||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 1.78 | 1.69 | 2.17 | 2.12 | 2.11 | 2.25 | 2.41 | 2.17 | 2.14 | 2.11 | 2.28 | |||||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 4.86 | 9.99 | 6.93 | 6.69 | 4.43 | 4.70 | 6.12 | 5.87 | 5.62 | 5.90 | 5.02 | 5.52 | 5.16 | |||||
| Sierra Leone | 4.95 | 2.84 | 2.59 | 2.68 | 2.88 | 2.38 | 2.66 | 2.91 | 4.66 | 6.99 | 7.45 | 8.81 | 9.44 | 8.54 | 6.79 | |||
| South Sudan | 1.05 | 0.96 | 1.58 | 1.02 | 1.23 | 1.47 | 1.57 | |||||||||||
| Togo | 1.50 | 2.78 | 2.24 | 2.96 | 3.08 | 3.38 | 3.17 | 3.42 | 3.71 | 3.66 | 3.77 | 4.09 | 4.20 | 4.09 | 4.23 | 3.80 |