Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage was 0.3% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Latest (2015)
0.3%
Change on year
down 25.4%
World rank
107th
of 122 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2012
All-time low
0.3%
in 2015
Years of data
7
2009–2015
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage in Ethiopia, 2009–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2015, government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage in Ethiopia stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.4% on the previous year and down 44.1% over ten years.
That places Ethiopia 107th out of 122 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0.5% | — |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +33.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -43.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -25.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 272,545 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 900,151 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.16 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.03 million (2015)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.93 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1206 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage in Ethiopia?
- Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage in Ethiopia was 0.3% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2012.
- What is the lowest government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2015.
- How does Ethiopia rank for government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage?
- Ethiopia ranks 107th out of 122 countries with data for 2015.
- Is government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage of GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release