Government spending on education, share of government spending in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 13.1% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 1.1 pts from 2016.

201713.1%
Change on 2016-1.1 pts
Series high16.22013
Series low9.62010

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2010 to 2017

810121416182010201320142015201620172010: 9.6 %2013: 16.2 %2014: 13.4 %2015: 14.9 %2016: 14.2 %2017: 13.1 %
%. 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 6 values
Period%
201713.1
201614.2
201514.9
201413.4
201316.2
20109.6

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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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 13.1% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics. That is down 1.1 pts from 2016.

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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?

16.2% in 2013, the highest value since 2010 in this series.

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