Public spending on education as a share of GDP fell 20.5% to 6.79% in Sierra Leone in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of GDP in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 9.44% in 2021 and an all time low of 2.38% in 2013.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 3rd within the group of 53 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of GDP, 137 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.73% | 5.81% | 5.58% | 6.19% | 5.51% | |||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.63% | 5.49% | 5.41% | 5.15% | 5.22% | ... | ||||||||||
| Ghana | % | ... | 3.19% | 3.02% | 3.15% | 3.41% | 3.42% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | 2.32% | 2.38% | 1.86% | 2.43% | 2.04% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 3.74% | 3.21% | 3.41% | 3.79% | 3.33% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.25% | 2.41% | 2.17% | 2.14% | 2.11% | ... | ||||||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | 3.79% | 3.56% | 3.56% | 3.95% | 4.36% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.82% | 1.80% | 1.89% | |||||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | 2.58% | 3.45% | 3.53% | 3.82% | 3.82% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | ... | 4.74% | 5.11% | 5.04% | 5.69% | 5.61% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | ... | 4.66% | 6.99% | 7.45% | 8.81% | 9.44% |
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