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Malawi
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#129out of 164 countries
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Historical trend

3.93.43.02.62.2198620042022Malawi · 2022: 2.75%Malawi

Analytical takeaways

  • Malawi records 2.75% for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2022, ranking #129 globally out of 164 countries.
  • Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) increased from 2.20% in 1986 to 2.75% in 2022, a gain of 0.55%.
  • 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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