Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 5.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Burkina Faso, 1978–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Burkina Faso is 5.3%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Burkina Faso peaked at 5.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 1988.
That places Burkina Faso 46th out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 4 |
| 1990s | 2.4% | 1.4% | 3.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.5% | 5.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 43 United States 5.4% compare
- 44 South Korea 5.4% compare
- 45 Dominica 5.4% compare
- 47 France 5.3% compare
- 48 Costa Rica 5.3% compare
- 49 Tonga 5.3% compare
More education data for Burkina Faso
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.2% (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 77.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 91,764 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.11 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 78.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Burkina Faso?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Burkina Faso was 5.3% 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 5.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 1988.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Burkina Faso ranks 46th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.