Education Spending by Country

% of GDP · World Bank / UNESCO 2021 · 186 countries ranked

Government spending on education as share of GDP

Full world ranking

186 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	Curaçao	5.3%of GDP
45	Slovenia	5.3%of GDP
46	Austria	5.3%of GDP
47	New Zealand	5.3%of GDP
48	Colombia	5.3%of GDP
49	Timor-Leste	5.2%of GDP
50	Germany	5.2%of GDP
51	Estonia	5.2%of GDP
52	Netherlands	5.2%of GDP
53	Maldives	5.2%of GDP
54	Ukraine	5.1%of GDP
55	Grenada	5.1%of GDP
56	Saudi Arabia	5.1%of GDP
57	Australia	5.1%of GDP
58	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.0%of GDP
59	Kuwait	5.0%of GDP
60	Eswatini	5.0%of GDP
61	Belarus	5.0%of GDP
62	Switzerland	4.9%of GDP
63	Rwanda	4.9%of GDP
64	Chile	4.9%of GDP
65	Canada	4.9%of GDP
66	Burundi	4.9%of GDP
67	Kazakhstan	4.8%of GDP
68	Uruguay	4.8%of GDP
69	Cyprus	4.7%of GDP
70	Malta	4.7%of GDP
71	Mauritania	4.7%of GDP
72	Dominica	4.7%of GDP
73	Slovakia	4.7%of GDP
74	Spain	4.6%of GDP
75	Mauritius	4.6%of GDP
76	Portugal	4.6%of GDP
77	Honduras	4.5%of GDP
78	Bulgaria	4.5%of GDP
79	Seychelles	4.5%of GDP
80	Cape Verde	4.3%of GDP
81	Latvia	4.3%of GDP
82	Poland	4.3%of GDP
83	Czechia	4.3%of GDP
84	Oman	4.3%of GDP
85	Puerto Rico	4.3%of GDP
86	Lithuania	4.3%of GDP
87	Fiji	4.2%of GDP
88	Peru	4.2%of GDP
89	Belize	4.2%of GDP
90	Mali	4.2%of GDP
91	Russia	4.2%of GDP
92	Togo	4.1%of GDP
93	India	4.1%of GDP
94	Croatia	4.1%of GDP
95	Niger	4.1%of GDP
96	Zambia	4.1%of GDP
97	Italy	4.1%of GDP
98	Mexico	4.1%of GDP
99	China	4.0%of GDP
100	Kenya	4.0%of GDP
101	Nepal	4.0%of GDP
102	Sint Maarten	3.9%of GDP
103	United Arab Emirates	3.9%of GDP
104	Ecuador	3.9%of GDP
105	Hungary	3.8%of GDP
106	Hong Kong	3.8%of GDP
107	Barbados	3.8%of GDP
108	Dominican Republic	3.8%of GDP
109	Georgia	3.7%of GDP
110	Luxembourg	3.7%of GDP
111	Azerbaijan	3.7%of GDP
112	Mongolia	3.7%of GDP
113	Philippines	3.6%of GDP
114	Aruba	3.6%of GDP
115	Palau	3.5%of GDP
116	Jordan	3.5%of GDP
117	Malaysia	3.5%of GDP
118	Macau	3.5%of GDP
119	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.5%of GDP
120	Ivory Coast	3.4%of GDP
121	Paraguay	3.4%of GDP
122	Serbia	3.4%of GDP
123	Greece	3.4%of GDP
124	Republic of the Congo	3.3%of GDP
125	Japan	3.3%of GDP
126	Romania	3.3%of GDP
127	Tanzania	3.3%of GDP
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.2%of GDP
129	Qatar	3.2%of GDP
130	Benin	3.2%of GDP
131	Chad	3.2%of GDP
132	British Virgin Islands	3.2%of GDP
133	El Salvador	3.2%of GDP
134	Guatemala	3.1%of GDP
135	Antigua and Barbuda	3.1%of GDP
136	Turkey	3.1%of GDP
137	Albania	3.1%of GDP
138	Madagascar	3.0%of GDP
139	Trinidad and Tobago	3.0%of GDP
140	Ethiopia	2.9%of GDP
141	Ghana	2.9%of GDP
142	Ireland	2.9%of GDP
143	San Marino	2.9%of GDP
144	Vietnam	2.9%of GDP
145	Suriname	2.9%of GDP
146	Nicaragua	2.9%of GDP
147	DR Congo	2.8%of GDP
148	Cameroon	2.8%of GDP
149	Iran	2.8%of GDP
150	Gambia	2.8%of GDP
151	Malawi	2.7%of GDP
152	Saint Lucia	2.7%of GDP
153	Bahamas	2.7%of GDP
154	Turkmenistan	2.7%of GDP
155	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.7%of GDP
156	Sierra Leone	2.6%of GDP
157	Uganda	2.6%of GDP
158	Thailand	2.5%of GDP
159	Angola	2.5%of GDP
160	Panama	2.5%of GDP
161	Armenia	2.4%of GDP
162	Comoros	2.3%of GDP
163	Gabon	2.3%of GDP
164	Liberia	2.3%of GDP
165	Cambodia	2.2%of GDP
166	Bangladesh	2.2%of GDP
167	Singapore	2.1%of GDP
168	Myanmar	2.0%of GDP
169	Pakistan	1.9%of GDP
170	Andorra	1.9%of GDP
171	Bahrain	1.9%of GDP
172	Bermuda	1.9%of GDP
173	Central African Republic	1.8%of GDP
174	Sri Lanka	1.8%of GDP
175	Monaco	1.7%of GDP
176	Guinea	1.7%of GDP
177	Cayman Islands	1.6%of GDP
178	Lebanon	1.5%of GDP
179	Indonesia	1.3%of GDP
180	Laos	1.2%of GDP
181	Haiti	1.0%of GDP
182	Papua New Guinea	0.8%of GDP
183	Zimbabwe	0.4%of GDP
184	Nigeria	0.3%of GDP
185	Venezuela	0.0%of GDP
186	Somalia	0.0%of GDP