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).
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 5.7 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.1 | |||||
| Lesotho | 10.1 | 12.1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.7 | ||
| Namibia | 6.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 9.0 | ||
| South Africa | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| इस्वातिनी | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.3 |