Cabo Verde: Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)

Key figures

Since 2002 it is down 299.27 percentage points from 337.59% in 2002. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

From 2008 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 15% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2017, Cabo Verde had the 5th highest value of the 17 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Cabo Verde in the 2017 ranking

• Mali — 2nd of 17: 166.92%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 3rd of 17: 150.17%
• Togo — 4th of 17: 77.17%
• Ukraine — 6th of 17: 34.47%
• Belize — 7th of 17: 27.32%
• Uruguay — 8th of 17: 25.39%

What this measures

Government expenditure per student is the average general government expenditure (current, capital, and transfers) per student in the given level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 11 values

Government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita) in nearby economies

• Benin — 77.72% (2015)
• Burkina Faso — 351.47% (2016)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 150.17% (2017)
• Madagascar — 0.04% (2016)
• Mali — 166.92% (2017)
• Mauritius — 9.58% (2017)
• Niger — 275.25% (2017)
• Rwanda — 97.66% (2018)
• Senegal

More education data for Cabo Verde

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 61,167 (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 102.97% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 102% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 103.89% (2022)
• Primary education, teachers — 3,031 (2022)
• Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

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Questions people ask

What is Cabo Verde's government expenditure per student, tertiary (% of GDP per capita)?

38.32% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is down 299.27 percentage points from 337.59% in 2002. The highest value was 337.59% in 2002 and the lowest 30.98% in 2013.

How does Cabo Verde rank?

5th highest of 17 economies with data for 2017.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.XPD.TERT.PC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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