Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Rwanda
Rwanda: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 4.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Rwanda, 1977–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Rwanda stood at 4.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Rwanda peaked at 5.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 1977.
Rwanda ranks 76th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 3 |
| 1980s | 3.5% | 2.7% | 4.4% | 5 |
| 1990s | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 3.1% | 4.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 3.3% | 5.6% | 5 |
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More education data for Rwanda
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 149.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 68,326 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.65 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 146.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Rwanda?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Rwanda was 4.6% 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 5.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 1977.
- How does Rwanda rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Rwanda ranks 76th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.