Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Djibouti
Djibouti: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.8% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Djibouti, 1999–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2018, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Djibouti stood at 3.8%.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 55.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Djibouti peaked at 9.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 3.6%, in 2015.
That places Djibouti 117th out of 199 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.6% | 7.6% | 7.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 8.6% | 7.8% | 9.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.6% | 6.4% | 8 |
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More education data for Djibouti
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.8% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 2,739 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.62 live births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 2.61 live births per woman (2023)
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 2.61 live births per woman (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Djibouti?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Djibouti was 3.8% in 2018, 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 Djibouti?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Djibouti?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6% in 2015.
- How does Djibouti rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Djibouti ranks 117th out of 199 countries with data for 2018.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Djibouti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Djibouti 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.