Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Angola
Angola: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Angola, 1985–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Angola recorded 2.5% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Angola peaked at 5.7% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2019.
Angola ranks 167th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.0% | 4.1% | 5.7% | 3 |
| 1990s | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.1% | 4.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More education data for Angola
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 86.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 96,016 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 5.05 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 87.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Angola?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Angola was 2.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 5.7% in 1986.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2019.
- How does Angola rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Angola ranks 167th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.