Madagascar Education Spending 1981-2023

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
  • Madagascar education spending for 2021 was 15.52%, a 0.18% increase from 2020.
  • Madagascar education spending for 2020 was 15.34%, a 2.62% decline from 2019.
  • Madagascar education spending for 2019 was 17.95%, a 1.87% decline from 2018.
  • Madagascar education spending for 2018 was 19.82%, a 2.67% increase from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Education Spending (% of GDP)
Sierra Leone 33.83%
Democratic Republic of Congo 21.61%
Burkina Faso 21.56%
Senegal 21.08%
Togo 20.80%
Burundi 20.44%
Tajikistan 19.91%
Mozambique 18.76%
Haiti 16.11%
Mali 15.96%
Madagascar 15.52%
Chad 15.13%
Nepal 14.39%
Gambia 13.98%
Tanzania 13.54%
Guinea 11.98%
Niger 11.95%
Rwanda 11.32%
South Sudan 11.21%
Afghanistan 10.88%
Guinea-Bissau 9.32%
Central African Republic 9.09%
Uganda 8.21%
Liberia 6.87%
Somalia 4.36%
Madagascar Education Spending - Historical Data
Year Education Spending (% of GDP) Annual Change
2021 15.52% 0.18%
2020 15.34% -2.62%
2019 17.95% -1.87%
2018 19.82% 2.67%
2017 17.15% -2.69%
2016 19.84% 2.88%
2015 16.96% -2.00%
2014 18.97% 4.98%
2013 13.99% -6.34%
2012 20.33% 0.55%
2011 19.78% 1.70%
2010 18.08% -4.50%
2009 22.59% 6.33%
2008 16.26% -1.79%
2007 18.04% 2.72%
2006 15.32% -2.71%
2005 18.03% 5.07%
2004 12.96% -2.80%
2003 15.76% -2.17%
2002 17.94% 0.25%
2001 17.68% 1.79%
2000 15.89% 0.35%
1999 15.54% 6.16%
1998 9.38% -1.26%
1997 10.64% -1.67%
1993 12.32% -4.30%
1985 16.62% -1.70%
1984 18.32% 1.53%
1983 16.79% 0.25%
1982 16.54% 1.64%
1981 14.90% 1.64%