Education spending in Mozambique

Government spending on education in Mozambique was equal to 6.0% of GDP in 2022.

Mozambique, 2022 6.0% % of GDP
Change from 2021 −0.4percentage points 2021: 6.3%
World, 2022 3.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 25th of 164 See the full ranking

Education spending in Mozambique 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 MozambiqueWorld
2023 – 3.6%
2022 6.0% 3.9%
2021 6.3% 4.2%
2020 6.2% 4.3%
2019 6.0% 4.2%
2018 5.4% 4.2%
2017 5.5% 4.1%
2016 5.8% 4.2%
2015 5.9% 4.2%
2014 6.4% 4.2%
2013 6.0% 4.3%
2012 5.6% 4.0%
2011 5.5% 4.1%
2010 5.2% 4.2%
2009 – 4.7%
2008 – 4.2%
2007 – 4.0%
2006 3.7% 4.0%
2005 3.9% 4.0%
2004 3.2% 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 −0.4 percentage points from 6.3% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 164 countries with data for 2022, Mozambique has the 25th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 3.9%.

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 2022 for Mozambique
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