Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Burundi
Burundi: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Burundi, 1979–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 4.5% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2025.
That represents a change of down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Burundi peaked at 6.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2000.
Burundi ranks 80th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 1 |
| 1980s | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 4.0% | 3.4% | 5.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 3.9% | 2.6% | 6.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 4.7% | 6.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More education data for Burundi
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 53.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 44.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 43,226 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.79 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Burundi?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Burundi was 4.5% in 2025, 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 6.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2000.
- How does Burundi rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Burundi ranks 80th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.