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Botswana
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Global rank#11out of 170 countries
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Historical trend

10.88.97.05.23.3197119962020Botswana · 2020: 8.06%Botswana

Analytical takeaways

  • Botswana records 8.06% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2020, ranking #11 globally out of 170 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) increased from 4.39% in 1971 to 8.06% in 2020, a gain of 3.67%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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