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

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2010 to 2017 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% 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, Togo 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 Togo in the 2017 ranking

• Niger — 1st of 17: 275.25%
• Mali — 2nd of 17: 166.92%
• Côte d'Ivoire — 3rd of 17: 150.17%
• Cabo Verde — 5th of 17: 38.32%
• Ukraine — 6th of 17: 34.47%
• Belize — 7th of 17: 27.32%

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 10 values

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

• Benin — 77.72% (2015)
• Burkina Faso — 351.47% (2016)
• Cabo Verde — 38.32% (2017)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 150.17% (2017)
• Madagascar — 0.04% (2016)
• Mali — 166.92% (2017)
• Mauritius — 9.58% (2017)
• Niger — 275.25% (2017)
• Rwanda

More education data for Togo

• 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) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.66 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 114.27% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 113.15% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 115.37% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 36,787 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 22.41% (2024)

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Questions people ask

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

77.17% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is down 203.56 percentage points from 280.73% in 1998. The highest value was 280.73% in 1998 and the lowest 71.72% in 2011.

How does Togo 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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