Education spending in Djibouti

Government spending on education in Djibouti was equal to 3.8% of GDP in 2018.

The latest value for Djibouti is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Djibouti, 2018 3.8% % of GDP
Change from 2017 0percentage points 2017: 3.7%
World, 2018 4.2% Official aggregate

Education spending in Djibouti 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 DjiboutiWorld
2023 – 3.6%
2022 – 3.9%
2021 – 4.2%
2020 – 4.3%
2019 – 4.2%
2018 3.8% 4.2%
2017 3.7% 4.1%
2016 3.9% 4.2%
2015 3.6% 4.2%
2014 4.4% 4.2%
2013 4.6% 4.3%
2012 6.4% 4.0%
2011 – 4.1%
2010 4.5% 4.2%
2009 – 4.7%
2008 – 4.2%
2007 8.4% 4.0%
2006 8.3% 4.0%
2005 8.4% 4.0%
2004 9.3% 3.9%
2003 8.9% 4.1%
2002 8.4% 3.9%
2001 7.8% 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 3.7% in 2017.
  • Since 2005, when it was 8.4%, the figure has changed by −4.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2018 was 4.2%.

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
1999 to 2018 for Djibouti
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