Education spending in Cabo Verde

Government spending on education in Cabo Verde was equal to 4.3% of GDP in 2023.

Cabo Verde, 2023 4.3% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −0.4percentage points 2022: 4.7%
World, 2023 3.6% Official aggregate

Education spending in Cabo Verde over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2023
Period Cabo VerdeWorld
2023 4.3% 3.6%
2022 4.7% 3.9%
2021 6.2% 4.2%
2020 7.1% 4.3%
2019 4.2% 4.2%
2018 4.8% 4.2%
2017 4.6% 4.1%
2016 4.8% 4.2%
2015 4.8% 4.2%
2014 4.5% 4.2%
2013 4.6% 4.3%
2012 5.4% 4.0%
2011 4.6% 4.1%
2010 5.1% 4.2%
2009 4.9% 4.7%
2008 5.0% 4.2%
2007 5.0% 4.0%
2006 6.5% 4.0%
2005 – 4.0%
2004 7.5% 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 7.9% 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 4.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4.6%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 3.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1998 to 2023 for Cabo Verde
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics