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Liberia
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#101out of 121 countries
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Historical trend

7.05.74.33.01.7197820012023Liberia · 2023: 2.27%Liberia

Analytical takeaways

  • Liberia records 2.27% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2023, ranking #101 globally out of 121 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) declined from 6.99% in 1978 to 2.27% in 2023, a decrease of 4.73%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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