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Sierra Leone: Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure

20.55percent · 2025+35.2% since 2013

Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGOVEXP.IMF. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202520.546
202419.959
202229.37
202133.42
202034.24
201935.01
201832.73
201719.89
201612.47
201415.09
201315.2
201214.13
201112.41
201012.8
200915.9
200814.93
200719.75
200515.51UIS_EST
200417.15UIS_EST
200317.32UIS_EST
200217.7UIS_EST
200117.97UIS_EST
200020.73UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgovexp-imf (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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