Government spending on education, share of government spending in Cameroon

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Cameroon was 13.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.7 pts from 2023. That is the 77th highest of 156 countries in 2022.

202413.8%
Change on 2023+0.7 pts
Rank77th of 156Countries ranked
Series high21.42003
Series low11.72000

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Cameroon, 2000 to 2024

1012141618202220002005200920132017202120242000: 11.7 %2001: 15.7 %2003: 21.4 %2004: 20.8 %2005: 21.4 %2006: 20.3 %2007: 21.4 %2008: 15.7 %2009: 19.8 %2010: 18.8 %2011: 14.9 %2012: 15.2 %2013: 13.8 %2014: 12.9 %2015: 13.2 %2016: 12.7 %2017: 15.9 %2018: 16.9 %2019: 14.2 %2020: 14.5 %2021: 15 %2022: 12.8 %2023: 13.1 %2024: 13.8 %
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 24 values
Period%
202413.8
202313.1
202212.8
202115
202014.5
201914.2
201816.9
201715.9
201612.7
201513.2
201412.9
201313.8
201215.2
201114.9
201018.8
200919.8
200815.7
200721.4
200620.3
200521.4
200420.8
200321.4
200115.7
200011.7

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Definition

General government expenditure on education as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors. Calculated and published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

A share of the government budget, not of GDP; for that see education_expenditure_gdp. UIS divides by total government spending from IMF figures or, for some countries, from government budget documents, so a recent year can be revised. Countries only; UIS publishes no World figure.

How to cite

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.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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What is the government spending on education, share of government spending in Cameroon?

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Cameroon was 13.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is up 0.7 pts from 2023. That is the 77th highest of 156 countries in 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest government spending on education, share of government spending in Cameroon?

21.4% in 2003, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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