Africa Rankings
Public Spending On Education
percent of public spending
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 12 |  Mauritania | 32.04% |
2 | 1 |  Kenya | 28.54% |
3 | 2 |  Namibia | 24.58% |
4 | 4 |  Morocco | 23.28% |
5 | 6 |  Botswana | 21.47% |
6 | 5 |  Senegal | 20.91% |
7 | 9 |  Sierra Leone | 20.55% |
8 | 17 |  Mozambique | 20.45% |
9 | 7 |  Burkina Faso | 20.30% |
10 | 10 |  Swaziland | 19.21% |
11 | 13 |  South Africa | 19.14% |
12 | 14 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 18.09% |
13 | 16 |  Benin | 18.02% |
14 | 20 |  Zimbabwe | 17.90% |
15 | 11 |  Mali | 17.82% |
16 | 22 |  Ivory Coast | 17.62% |
17 | 18 |  Tunisia | 17.28% |
18 | 15 |  Ethiopia | 16.70% |
19 | 19 |  Chad | 16.48% |
20 | 21 |  Malawi | 16.00% |
21 | 31 |  Madagascar | 15.67% |
22 | 3 |  Algeria | 15.54% |
23 | 43 |  Guinea-Bissau | 15.00% |
24 | 25 |  Republic of the Congo | 14.73% |
25 | 26 |  Zambia | 14.51% |
26 | 23 |  Djibouti | 14.47% |
27 | 8 |  Burundi | 14.40% |
28 | 27 |  Gambia | 14.21% |
29 | 24 |  Mauritius | 14.19% |
30 | 32 |  Rwanda | 13.93% |
31 | 36 |  Cameroon | 13.83% |
32 | 33 |  Gabon | 13.57% |
33 | 30 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13.52% |
34 | 29 |  Cape Verde | 13.41% |
35 | 34 |  Tanzania | 13.41% |
36 | 38 |  Ghana | 13.18% |
37 | 37 |  Niger | 12.81% |
38 | 41 |  Sudan | 12.48% |
39 | 28 |  Togo | 11.65% |
40 | 44 |  Comoros | 11.52% |
41 | 39 |  Egypt | 10.94% |
42 | 35 |  Seychelles | 10.69% |
43 | 40 |  Lesotho | 10.37% |
44 | 42 |  Central African Republic | 9.99% |
45 | 45 |  Guinea | 9.20% |
46 | 46 |  Uganda | 8.48% |
47 | 51 |  Libya | 8.14% |
48 | 49 |  Somalia | 8.13% |
49 | 47 |  Liberia | 7.37% |
50 | 48 |  Eritrea | 5.45% |
51 | 51 |  Equatorial Guinea | 5.25% |
52 | 50 |  Nigeria | 2.98% |