Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Sudan
Sudan: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 2.0% in 2009. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Sudan, 2000–2009
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Sudan is 2.0%, measured in 2009. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and up 99.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Sudan peaked at 2.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2000.
Sudan ranks 179th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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More education data for Sudan
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 72.4% (2019)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.26 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 71.0% (2019)
- School enrollment, primary, male 73.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Sudan?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Sudan was 2.0% in 2009, 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2000.
- How does Sudan rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Sudan ranks 179th out of 199 countries with data for 2009.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.