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South Africa: Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

6.02percent · 2024+9.7% since 2014

Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XGDP.FSGOV. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20246.021
20236.123
20226.156
20216.555
20206.171
20195.912
20185.644
20175.599
20165.444
20155.483
20145.49
20135.351
20125.523
20115.289
20105.135
20094.761
20084.374
20074.447
20064.527
20054.525
20044.509
20034.352
20024.546
20014.636
20004.909

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). Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xgdp-fsgov (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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