Public spending on education as a share of government expenditure fell 12.1% to 29.4% in Sierra Leone in 2022, according to World Bank.
Historically, public spending on education as a share of government expenditure in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 35.0% in 2019 and an all time low of 12.4% in 2011.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 1st within the group of 97 countries we follow in terms of public spending on education as a share of government expenditure, 79 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Algeria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.6% | 15.6% | 16.0% | 16.5% | 16.1% | |||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21.4% | 22.7% | 21.7% | 21.0% | 21.4% | |||||||||||
| Ghana | % | ... | 20.1% | 18.6% | 14.3% | 13.6% | 12.2% | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | 13.4% | 14.9% | 12.4% | 14.3% | 11.5% | ||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | 20.6% | 18.3% | 19.8% | 18.6% | 16.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.77% | 7.96% | 13.7% | 13.7% | 7.37% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | 16.5% | 17.5% | 15.4% | 15.1% | 16.2% | ||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.2% | 9.73% | 9.10% | ||||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | 13.2% | 16.3% | 13.0% | 13.3% | 12.0% | ||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | ... | 21.1% | 22.7% | 20.8% | 21.4% | 21.7% | |||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | ... | 19.9% | 32.7% | 35.0% | 34.2% | 33.4% | ... |
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