Education spending in Guinea-Bissau

Government spending on education in Guinea-Bissau was equal to 2.0% of GDP in 2013.

The latest value for Guinea-Bissau is for 2013. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Guinea-Bissau, 2013 2.0% % of GDP
Change from 2012 +0.1percentage points 2012: 1.9%
World, 2013 4.3% Official aggregate

Education spending in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2023 – 3.6%
2022 – 3.9%
2021 – 4.2%
2020 – 4.3%
2019 – 4.2%
2018 – 4.2%
2017 – 4.1%
2016 – 4.2%
2015 – 4.2%
2014 – 4.2%
2013 2.0% 4.3%
2012 1.9% 4.0%
2011 1.8% 4.1%
2010 1.7% 4.2%
2009 – 4.7%
2008 – 4.2%
2007 – 4.0%
2006 – 4.0%
2005 – 4.0%
2004 – 3.9%
2003 – 4.1%
2002 – 3.9%
2001 – 3.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 1.9% in 2012.
  • Since 1999, when it was 2.0%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2013 was 4.3%.

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All statistics for Guinea-Bissau

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 2013 for Guinea-Bissau
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