Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1980–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of Congo recorded 2.8% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2022. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 2.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 1984.
That places Democratic Republic of Congo 157th out of 199 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 2.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3 |
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More education data for Democratic Republic of Congo
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 51.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 45.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 117.6% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 561,172 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 5.98 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 114.3% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Democratic Republic of Congo was 2.8% in 2022, 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 Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 1984.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 157th out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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.