Public spending on education as a share of GDP fell 7.53% to 4.04% in Mali in 2022, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of GDP in Mali reached an all time high of 4.36% in 2021 and an all time low of 2.23% in 1999. When compared to Mali's main peers, public spending on education as a share of GDP in Algeria amounted to 4.75%, 5.28% in Burkina Faso, 2.44% in Mauritania and 4.10% in Niger in 2022.
Mali has been ranked 52nd within the group of 115 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of GDP, 49 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% | ... | ||||||||||
| Chad | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.45% | 2.26% | 2.37% | 2.74% | 2.89% | ... | |||||||||||
| Ghana | % | ... | 3.19% | 3.02% | 3.15% | 3.41% | 3.42% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 3.74% | 3.21% | 3.41% | 3.79% | 3.33% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Mali | % | ... | ... | 3.79% | 3.56% | 3.56% | 3.95% | 4.36% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.82% | 1.80% | 1.89% | |||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | ... | ... | 4.74% | 4.96% | 5.00% | 6.28% | 5.64% | ||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | 2.58% | 3.45% | 3.53% | 3.82% | 3.82% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | ... | 4.74% | 5.11% | 5.04% | 5.69% | 5.61% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 4.21% | 4.18% | 4.23% | 4.90% | 4.87% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | % | ... | ... | 6.17% | 7.27% | 6.68% |
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