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Government spending on education, share of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe

Government spending on education, share of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe was 5% of GDP in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.2 pts from 2022. That is the 45th highest of 163 countries in 2022.

2023, % of GDP5
Change on 2022-0.2 pts
Rank45th of 163Countries ranked
Series high102009
Series low2.72002
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Government spending on education, share of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe, 2002 to 2023

2468102002200620102014201820232002: 2.7 % of GDP2003: 3.2 % of GDP2004: 3.2 % of GDP2005: 4.9 % of GDP2006: 4.3 % of GDP2007: 6.3 % of GDP2008: 5.6 % of GDP2009: 10 % of GDP2010: 10 % of GDP2011: 8.8 % of GDP2012: 6.9 % of GDP2013: 6.7 % of GDP2014: 4.4 % of GDP2015: 4.7 % of GDP2016: 6.1 % of GDP2017: 5.9 % of GDP2018: 5.6 % of GDP2019: 6.1 % of GDP2020: 5 % of GDP2021: 5.5 % of GDP2022: 5.2 % of GDP2023: 5 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 22 values
Period% of GDP
20235
20225.2
20215.5
20205
20196.1
20185.6
20175.9
20166.1
20154.7
20144.4
20136.7
20126.9
20118.8
201010
200910
20085.6
20076.3
20064.3
20054.9
20043.2
20033.2
20022.7

Rankings

Definition

General government expenditure on education at all levels (current, capital and transfers), as a percentage of GDP. Includes spending funded by international transfers to government. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Government spending only: fees and other money paid by households and private bodies are left out, so countries where families pay a large share show lower values. For some countries UIS takes the figure from government budget documents, so a recent year can be revised when final accounts come in. Countries only; UIS publishes no World figure.

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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APA 7

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2026). Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS) (Government spending on education, share of GDP, São Tomé and Príncipe, 2002 to 2023) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS

MLA 9

Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS), Government spending on education, share of GDP, São Tomé and Príncipe, 2002 to 2023. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/education-spending-gdp/sao-tome-and-principe. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2026. Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS). Government spending on education, share of GDP, São Tomé and Príncipe, 2002 to 2023. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/education-spending-gdp/sao-tome-and-principe.

Harvard

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS), Government spending on education, share of GDP, São Tomé and Príncipe, 2002 to 2023 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/education-spending-gdp/sao-tome-and-principe (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Government spending on education, share of GDP in São Tomé and Príncipe was 5% of GDP in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 0.2 pts from 2022. That is the 45th highest of 163 countries in 2022.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Government expenditure on education, total, % of GDP (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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10% of GDP in 2009, the highest value since 2002 in this series.

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