Education Spending by Country

World Bank / UNESCO 2021 · 176 countries

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Government spending on education as share of GDP

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176 countries

Education Spending by country
1	Kiribati	16.4%of GDP
2	Tuvalu	12.8%of GDP
3	Micronesia	11.6%of GDP
4	Namibia	9.4%of GDP
5	Cuba	8.4%of GDP
6	Bolivia	8.3%of GDP
7	Solomon Islands	8.3%of GDP
8	Botswana	8.1%of GDP
9	Marshall Islands	7.7%of GDP
10	Vanuatu	7.6%of GDP
11	Sweden	7.3%of GDP
12	Lesotho	7.3%of GDP
13	Iceland	7.3%of GDP
14	Kyrgyzstan	6.8%of GDP
15	Tunisia	6.7%of GDP
16	Moldova	6.6%of GDP
17	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6.5%of GDP
18	Finland	6.4%of GDP
19	Denmark	6.4%of GDP
20	Belgium	6.3%of GDP
21	Costa Rica	6.2%of GDP
22	Senegal	6.2%of GDP
23	South Africa	6.1%of GDP
24	Samoa	6.1%of GDP
25	Morocco	6.0%of GDP
26	Mozambique	6.0%of GDP
27	Israel	5.9%of GDP
28	United Kingdom	5.9%of GDP
29	Argentina	5.9%of GDP
30	Bhutan	5.8%of GDP
31	South Korea	5.8%of GDP
32	Nauru	5.7%of GDP
33	Jamaica	5.7%of GDP
34	Brazil	5.6%of GDP
35	Algeria	5.6%of GDP
36	Uzbekistan	5.5%of GDP
37	Norway	5.5%of GDP
38	Tajikistan	5.4%of GDP
39	Palestine	5.4%of GDP
40	United States	5.4%of GDP
41	Burkina Faso	5.3%of GDP
42	France	5.3%of GDP
43	Tonga	5.3%of GDP
44	Slovenia	5.3%of GDP
45	Austria	5.3%of GDP
46	New Zealand	5.3%of GDP
47	Colombia	5.3%of GDP
48	Timor-Leste	5.2%of GDP
49	Germany	5.2%of GDP
50	Estonia	5.2%of GDP
51	Netherlands	5.2%of GDP
52	Maldives	5.2%of GDP
53	Ukraine	5.1%of GDP
54	Grenada	5.1%of GDP
55	Saudi Arabia	5.1%of GDP
56	Australia	5.1%of GDP
57	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.0%of GDP
58	Kuwait	5.0%of GDP
59	Eswatini	5.0%of GDP
60	Belarus	5.0%of GDP
61	Switzerland	4.9%of GDP
62	Rwanda	4.9%of GDP
63	Chile	4.9%of GDP
64	Canada	4.9%of GDP
65	Burundi	4.9%of GDP
66	Kazakhstan	4.8%of GDP
67	Uruguay	4.8%of GDP
68	Cyprus	4.7%of GDP
69	Malta	4.7%of GDP
70	Mauritania	4.7%of GDP
71	Dominica	4.7%of GDP
72	Slovakia	4.7%of GDP
73	Spain	4.6%of GDP
74	Mauritius	4.6%of GDP
75	Portugal	4.6%of GDP
76	Honduras	4.5%of GDP
77	Bulgaria	4.5%of GDP
78	Seychelles	4.5%of GDP
79	Cape Verde	4.3%of GDP
80	Latvia	4.3%of GDP
81	Poland	4.3%of GDP
82	Czechia	4.3%of GDP
83	Oman	4.3%of GDP
84	Lithuania	4.3%of GDP
85	Fiji	4.2%of GDP
86	Peru	4.2%of GDP
87	Belize	4.2%of GDP
88	Mali	4.2%of GDP
89	Russia	4.2%of GDP
90	Togo	4.1%of GDP
91	India	4.1%of GDP
92	Croatia	4.1%of GDP
93	Niger	4.1%of GDP
94	Zambia	4.1%of GDP
95	Italy	4.1%of GDP
96	Mexico	4.1%of GDP
97	China	4.0%of GDP
98	Kenya	4.0%of GDP
99	Nepal	4.0%of GDP
100	United Arab Emirates	3.9%of GDP
101	Ecuador	3.9%of GDP
102	Hungary	3.8%of GDP
103	Barbados	3.8%of GDP
104	Dominican Republic	3.8%of GDP
105	Georgia	3.7%of GDP
106	Luxembourg	3.7%of GDP
107	Azerbaijan	3.7%of GDP
108	Mongolia	3.7%of GDP
109	Philippines	3.6%of GDP
110	Palau	3.5%of GDP
111	Jordan	3.5%of GDP
112	Malaysia	3.5%of GDP
113	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.5%of GDP
114	Ivory Coast	3.4%of GDP
115	Paraguay	3.4%of GDP
116	Serbia	3.4%of GDP
117	Greece	3.4%of GDP
118	Republic of the Congo	3.3%of GDP
119	Japan	3.3%of GDP
120	Romania	3.3%of GDP
121	Tanzania	3.3%of GDP
122	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.2%of GDP
123	Qatar	3.2%of GDP
124	Benin	3.2%of GDP
125	Chad	3.2%of GDP
126	El Salvador	3.2%of GDP
127	Guatemala	3.1%of GDP
128	Antigua and Barbuda	3.1%of GDP
129	Turkey	3.1%of GDP
130	Albania	3.1%of GDP
131	Madagascar	3.0%of GDP
132	Trinidad and Tobago	3.0%of GDP
133	Ethiopia	2.9%of GDP
134	Ghana	2.9%of GDP
135	Ireland	2.9%of GDP
136	San Marino	2.9%of GDP
137	Vietnam	2.9%of GDP
138	Suriname	2.9%of GDP
139	Nicaragua	2.9%of GDP
140	DR Congo	2.8%of GDP
141	Cameroon	2.8%of GDP
142	Iran	2.8%of GDP
143	Gambia	2.8%of GDP
144	Malawi	2.7%of GDP
145	Saint Lucia	2.7%of GDP
146	Bahamas	2.7%of GDP
147	Turkmenistan	2.7%of GDP
148	Sierra Leone	2.6%of GDP
149	Uganda	2.6%of GDP
150	Thailand	2.5%of GDP
151	Angola	2.5%of GDP
152	Panama	2.5%of GDP
153	Armenia	2.4%of GDP
154	Comoros	2.3%of GDP
155	Gabon	2.3%of GDP
156	Liberia	2.3%of GDP
157	Cambodia	2.2%of GDP
158	Bangladesh	2.2%of GDP
159	Singapore	2.1%of GDP
160	Myanmar	2.0%of GDP
161	Pakistan	1.9%of GDP
162	Andorra	1.9%of GDP
163	Bahrain	1.9%of GDP
164	Central African Republic	1.8%of GDP
165	Sri Lanka	1.8%of GDP
166	Monaco	1.7%of GDP
167	Guinea	1.7%of GDP
168	Lebanon	1.5%of GDP
169	Indonesia	1.3%of GDP
170	Laos	1.2%of GDP
171	Haiti	1.0%of GDP
172	Papua New Guinea	0.8%of GDP
173	Zimbabwe	0.4%of GDP
174	Nigeria	0.3%of GDP
175	Venezuela	0.0%of GDP
176	Somalia	0.0%of GDP

16.4%1st · Kiribati 12.8%2nd · Tuvalu 11.6%3rd · Micronesia

Source

World Bank / UNESCO · 2021 · 176/195 countries

Surprising positions

Tuvalu ranks 2 of 176 for education spending, and 194 of 195 for population.

Nigeria ranks 174 of 176 for education spending, and 6 of 195 for population.

Indonesia ranks 169 of 176 for education spending, and 4 of 195 for population.

Method

The three largest gaps in relative ranking position, compared with population. Only sovereign countries with both values count. This describes position, not whether a country is better.

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