Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Cote d'Ivoire, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Cote d'Ivoire recorded 3.6% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2024.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 8.2% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2000.
That places Cote d'Ivoire 123rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.8% | 5.7% | 8.2% | 8 |
| 1980s | 6.9% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 4.1% | 2.4% | 6.8% | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cote d'Ivoire
More education data for Cote d'Ivoire
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 104,418 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.23 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Cote d'Ivoire was 3.6% in 2024, 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 Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 1979.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2000.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 123rd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire 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.