# Government spending on education, share of government spending in Ghana

Government spending on education, share of government spending in Ghana was 13.2% in 2022. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `education_expenditure_govt_share`
- Place id: `gh`
- Unit: %
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS), via World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: 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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| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2022 | 13.2 |
| 2021 | 12.2 |
| 2020 | 13.6 |
| 2019 | 14.3 |
| 2018 | 18.6 |
| 2017 | 20.1 |
| 2016 | 22.1 |
| 2015 | 23.8 |
| 2014 | 21 |
| 2013 | 21.2 |
| 2012 | 26.6 |
| 2011 | 30.6 |
| 2010 | 20.7 |
| 2009 | 22.5 |
| 2008 | 24 |
| 2007 | 22.3 |
| 2006 | 24.2 |
| 2005 | 23.4 |
| 2004 | 22.4 |
| 2001 | 15.7 |
| 1999 | 14.9 |
| 1988 | 23.9 |
| 1987 | 24.7 |
| 1986 | 34.3 |
| 1982 | 13.8 |
| 1981 | 7.7 |
| 1980 | 7.6 |