GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Sierra Leone: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
13.8%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
20.5%
in 2025
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
17th
Sierra Leone rank
14th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government over time
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 20.5% against 13.8% in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, a difference of 6.7%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.5 times GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 17th and Sierra Leone ranks 14th of 43 groups.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.5% | 17.5% | 2.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 18.9% | 3.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 29.2% | 15.0% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher expenditure on education as a percentage of total government, GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 20.5% against 13.8% in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 as of 2025.
- What is the difference in expenditure on education as a percentage of total government between GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sierra Leone?
- 6.7%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sierra Leone?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sierra Leone rank globally for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 17th and Sierra Leone ranks 14th of 43 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release