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Ghana
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#122out of 164 countries
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Historical trend

8.16.65.03.41.8197119972022Ghana · 2022: 2.91%Ghana

Analytical takeaways

  • Ghana records 2.91% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2022, ranking #122 globally out of 164 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) declined from 4.22% in 1971 to 2.91% in 2022, a decrease of 1.31%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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