Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Benin
Benin: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Benin, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Benin recorded 3.2% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Benin peaked at 3.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 1999.
That places Benin 141st out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 4 |
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More education data for Benin
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 108.0% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 59,742 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.48 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Benin?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Benin was 3.2% 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2010.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 1999.
- How does Benin rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Benin ranks 141st out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.