South Africa - Public spending on education as a share of GDP

6.18 (%) in 2022

In 2022, education expenditure for South Africa was 6.18 %. Education expenditure of South Africa increased from 4.35 % in 2003 to 6.18 % in 2022 growing at an average annual rate of 1.93%.

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What is education expenditure?

Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).

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