Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cape Verde, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 4.3% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cape Verde peaked at 7.9% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2019.
That places Cape Verde 89th out of 199 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.6% | 6.4% | 6.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 4.9% | 7.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 4.3% | 7.1% | 4 |
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More education data for Cape Verde
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.0% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 3,031 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cape Verde?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cape Verde was 4.3% 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 2002.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2019.
- How does Cape Verde rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Cape Verde ranks 89th out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.