Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Comoros
Comoros: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Comoros, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Comoros stood at 2.3%.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Comoros peaked at 4.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 1998.
Comoros ranks 171st of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.3% | 2.3% | 4.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More education data for Comoros
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3,952 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.82 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Comoros?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Comoros was 2.3% 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 1998.
- How does Comoros rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Comoros ranks 171st out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.