Government spending on education as share of GDP
Source: World Bank / UNESCO (2021) · 186 countries ranked
16.391 % of GDP
#1 worldwide
🥈🇹🇻12.846 % of GDP
#2 worldwide
🥉🇫🇲11.559 % of GDP
#3 worldwide
| Rank | Country | Education Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇰🇮Kiribati | 16.391 % of GDP |
| 2 | 🇹🇻Tuvalu | 12.846 % of GDP |
| 3 | 🇫🇲Micronesia | 11.559 % of GDP |
| 4 | 🇳🇦Namibia | 9.392 % of GDP |
| 5 | 🇨🇺Cuba | 8.441 % of GDP |
| 6 | 🇧🇴Bolivia | 8.316 % of GDP |
| 7 | 🇸🇧Solomon Islands | 8.293 % of GDP |
| 8 | 🇧🇼Botswana | 8.058 % of GDP |
| 9 | 🇲🇭Marshall Islands | 7.701 % of GDP |
| 10 | 🇻🇺Vanuatu | 7.581 % of GDP |
| 11 | 🇸🇪Sweden | 7.319 % of GDP |
| 12 | 🇱🇸Lesotho | 7.29 % of GDP |
| 13 | 🇮🇸Iceland | 7.289 % of GDP |
| 14 | 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan | 6.827 % of GDP |
| 15 | 🇹🇳Tunisia | 6.734 % of GDP |
| 16 | 🇲🇩Moldova | 6.625 % of GDP |
| 17 | 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.458 % of GDP |
| 18 | 🇫🇮Finland | 6.376 % of GDP |
| 19 | 🇩🇰Denmark | 6.356 % of GDP |
| 20 | 🇧🇪Belgium | 6.278 % of GDP |
| 21 | 🇨🇷Costa Rica | 6.248 % of GDP |
| 22 | 🇸🇳Senegal | 6.163 % of GDP |
| 23 | 🇿🇦South Africa | 6.123 % of GDP |
| 24 | 🇼🇸Samoa | 6.11 % of GDP |
| 25 | 🇲🇦Morocco | 6.021 % of GDP |
| 26 | 🇲🇿Mozambique | 5.976 % of GDP |
| 27 | 🇮🇱Israel | 5.935 % of GDP |
| 28 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 5.907 % of GDP |
| 29 | 🇦🇷Argentina | 5.898 % of GDP |
| 30 | 🇧🇹Bhutan | 5.845 % of GDP |
| 31 | 🇰🇷South Korea | 5.814 % of GDP |
| 32 | 🇳🇷Nauru | 5.675 % of GDP |
| 33 | 🇯🇲Jamaica | 5.655 % of GDP |
| 34 | 🇧🇷Brazil | 5.619 % of GDP |
| 35 | 🇩🇿Algeria | 5.61 % of GDP |
| 36 | 🇺🇿Uzbekistan | 5.473 % of GDP |
| 37 | 🇳🇴Norway | 5.456 % of GDP |
| 38 | 🇹🇯Tajikistan | 5.437 % of GDP |
| 39 | 🇵🇸Palestine | 5.434 % of GDP |
| 40 | 🇺🇸United States | 5.42 % of GDP |
| 41 | 🇧🇫Burkina Faso | 5.328 % of GDP |
| 42 | 🇫🇷France | 5.324 % of GDP |
| 43 | 🇹🇴Tonga | 5.31 % of GDP |
| 44 | 🇨🇼Curaçao | 5.301 % of GDP |
| 45 | 🇸🇮Slovenia | 5.281 % of GDP |
| 46 | 🇦🇹Austria | 5.277 % of GDP |
| 47 | 🇳🇿New Zealand | 5.276 % of GDP |
| 48 | 🇨🇴Colombia | 5.262 % of GDP |
| 49 | 🇹🇱Timor-Leste | 5.241 % of GDP |
| 50 | 🇩🇪Germany | 5.239 % of GDP |
| 51 | 🇪🇪Estonia | 5.207 % of GDP |
| 52 | 🇳🇱Netherlands | 5.179 % of GDP |
| 53 | 🇲🇻Maldives | 5.167 % of GDP |
| 54 | 🇺🇦Ukraine | 5.14 % of GDP |
| 55 | 🇬🇩Grenada | 5.125 % of GDP |
| 56 | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | 5.115 % of GDP |
| 57 | 🇦🇺Australia | 5.059 % of GDP |
| 58 | 🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.029 % of GDP |
| 59 | 🇰🇼Kuwait | 5.026 % of GDP |
| 60 | 🇸🇿Eswatini | 5.004 % of GDP |
| 61 | 🇧🇾Belarus | 4.951 % of GDP |
| 62 | 🇨🇭Switzerland | 4.924 % of GDP |
| 63 | 🇷🇼Rwanda | 4.92 % of GDP |
| 64 | 🇨🇱Chile | 4.898 % of GDP |
| 65 | 🇨🇦Canada | 4.88 % of GDP |
| 66 | 🇧🇮Burundi | 4.871 % of GDP |
| 67 | 🇰🇿Kazakhstan | 4.85 % of GDP |
| 68 | 🇺🇾Uruguay | 4.811 % of GDP |
| 69 | 🇨🇾Cyprus | 4.736 % of GDP |
| 70 | 🇲🇹Malta | 4.72 % of GDP |
| 71 | 🇲🇷Mauritania | 4.715 % of GDP |
| 72 | 🇩🇲Dominica | 4.694 % of GDP |
| 73 | 🇸🇰Slovakia | 4.655 % of GDP |
| 74 | 🇪🇸Spain | 4.586 % of GDP |
| 75 | 🇲🇺Mauritius | 4.568 % of GDP |
| 76 | 🇵🇹Portugal | 4.552 % of GDP |
| 77 | 🇭🇳Honduras | 4.55 % of GDP |
| 78 | 🇧🇬Bulgaria | 4.501 % of GDP |
| 79 | 🇸🇨Seychelles | 4.454 % of GDP |
| 80 | 🇨🇻Cape Verde | 4.348 % of GDP |
| 81 | 🇱🇻Latvia | 4.319 % of GDP |
| 82 | 🇵🇱Poland | 4.314 % of GDP |
| 83 | 🇨🇿Czechia | 4.303 % of GDP |
| 84 | 🇴🇲Oman | 4.301 % of GDP |
| 85 | 🇵🇷Puerto Rico | 4.269 % of GDP |
| 86 | 🇱🇹Lithuania | 4.253 % of GDP |
| 87 | 🇫🇯Fiji | 4.247 % of GDP |
| 88 | 🇵🇪Peru | 4.235 % of GDP |
| 89 | 🇧🇿Belize | 4.231 % of GDP |
| 90 | 🇲🇱Mali | 4.185 % of GDP |
| 91 | 🇷🇺Russia | 4.165 % of GDP |
| 92 | 🇹🇬Togo | 4.143 % of GDP |
| 93 | 🇮🇳India | 4.099 % of GDP |
| 94 | 🇭🇷Croatia | 4.092 % of GDP |
| 95 | 🇳🇪Niger | 4.074 % of GDP |
| 96 | 🇿🇲Zambia | 4.074 % of GDP |
| 97 | 🇮🇹Italy | 4.07 % of GDP |
| 98 | 🇲🇽Mexico | 4.066 % of GDP |
| 99 | 🇨🇳China | 4.001 % of GDP |
| 100 | 🇰🇪Kenya | 3.962 % of GDP |
| 101 | 🇳🇵Nepal | 3.956 % of GDP |
| 102 | 🇸🇽Sint Maarten | 3.924 % of GDP |
| 103 | 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates | 3.894 % of GDP |
| 104 | 🇪🇨Ecuador | 3.894 % of GDP |
| 105 | 🇭🇺Hungary | 3.813 % of GDP |
| 106 | 🇭🇰Hong Kong | 3.803 % of GDP |
| 107 | 🇧🇧Barbados | 3.775 % of GDP |
| 108 | 🇩🇴Dominican Republic | 3.761 % of GDP |
| 109 | 🇬🇪Georgia | 3.709 % of GDP |
| 110 | 🇱🇺Luxembourg | 3.706 % of GDP |
| 111 | 🇦🇿Azerbaijan | 3.664 % of GDP |
| 112 | 🇲🇳Mongolia | 3.658 % of GDP |
| 113 | 🇵🇭Philippines | 3.624 % of GDP |
| 114 | 🇦🇼Aruba | 3.619 % of GDP |
| 115 | 🇵🇼Palau | 3.526 % of GDP |
| 116 | 🇯🇴Jordan | 3.515 % of GDP |
| 117 | 🇲🇾Malaysia | 3.515 % of GDP |
| 118 | 🇲🇴Macau | 3.502 % of GDP |
| 119 | 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.497 % of GDP |
| 120 | 🇨🇮Ivory Coast | 3.426 % of GDP |
| 121 | 🇵🇾Paraguay | 3.406 % of GDP |
| 122 | 🇷🇸Serbia | 3.404 % of GDP |
| 123 | 🇬🇷Greece | 3.375 % of GDP |
| 124 | 🇨🇬Republic of the Congo | 3.34 % of GDP |
| 125 | 🇯🇵Japan | 3.336 % of GDP |
| 126 | 🇷🇴Romania | 3.279 % of GDP |
| 127 | 🇹🇿Tanzania | 3.259 % of GDP |
| 128 | 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.246 % of GDP |
| 129 | 🇶🇦Qatar | 3.234 % of GDP |
| 130 | 🇧🇯Benin | 3.23 % of GDP |
| 131 | 🇹🇩Chad | 3.201 % of GDP |
| 132 | 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands | 3.173 % of GDP |
| 133 | 🇸🇻El Salvador | 3.172 % of GDP |
| 134 | 🇬🇹Guatemala | 3.106 % of GDP |
| 135 | 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda | 3.105 % of GDP |
| 136 | 🇹🇷Turkey | 3.096 % of GDP |
| 137 | 🇦🇱Albania | 3.092 % of GDP |
| 138 | 🇲🇬Madagascar | 3.048 % of GDP |
| 139 | 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago | 3.011 % of GDP |
| 140 | 🇪🇹Ethiopia | 2.927 % of GDP |
| 141 | 🇬🇭Ghana | 2.91 % of GDP |
| 142 | 🇮🇪Ireland | 2.905 % of GDP |
| 143 | 🇸🇲San Marino | 2.898 % of GDP |
| 144 | 🇻🇳Vietnam | 2.887 % of GDP |
| 145 | 🇸🇷Suriname | 2.866 % of GDP |
| 146 | 🇳🇮Nicaragua | 2.866 % of GDP |
| 147 | 🇨🇩DR Congo | 2.845 % of GDP |
| 148 | 🇨🇲Cameroon | 2.839 % of GDP |
| 149 | 🇮🇷Iran | 2.824 % of GDP |
| 150 | 🇬🇲Gambia | 2.808 % of GDP |
| 151 | 🇲🇼Malawi | 2.749 % of GDP |
| 152 | 🇱🇨Saint Lucia | 2.742 % of GDP |
| 153 | 🇧🇸Bahamas | 2.742 % of GDP |
| 154 | 🇹🇲Turkmenistan | 2.713 % of GDP |
| 155 | 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.688 % of GDP |
| 156 | 🇸🇱Sierra Leone | 2.625 % of GDP |
| 157 | 🇺🇬Uganda | 2.561 % of GDP |
| 158 | 🇹🇭Thailand | 2.521 % of GDP |
| 159 | 🇦🇴Angola | 2.513 % of GDP |
| 160 | 🇵🇦Panama | 2.472 % of GDP |
| 161 | 🇦🇲Armenia | 2.439 % of GDP |
| 162 | 🇰🇲Comoros | 2.341 % of GDP |
| 163 | 🇬🇦Gabon | 2.316 % of GDP |
| 164 | 🇱🇷Liberia | 2.267 % of GDP |
| 165 | 🇰🇭Cambodia | 2.181 % of GDP |
| 166 | 🇧🇩Bangladesh | 2.162 % of GDP |
| 167 | 🇸🇬Singapore | 2.148 % of GDP |
| 168 | 🇲🇲Myanmar | 2 % of GDP |
| 169 | 🇵🇰Pakistan | 1.947 % of GDP |
| 170 | 🇦🇩Andorra | 1.899 % of GDP |
| 171 | 🇧🇭Bahrain | 1.888 % of GDP |
| 172 | 🇧🇲Bermuda | 1.865 % of GDP |
| 173 | 🇨🇫Central African Republic | 1.83 % of GDP |
| 174 | 🇱🇰Sri Lanka | 1.828 % of GDP |
| 175 | 🇲🇨Monaco | 1.732 % of GDP |
| 176 | 🇬🇳Guinea | 1.725 % of GDP |
| 177 | 🇰🇾Cayman Islands | 1.57 % of GDP |
| 178 | 🇱🇧Lebanon | 1.504 % of GDP |
| 179 | 🇮🇩Indonesia | 1.275 % of GDP |
| 180 | 🇱🇦Laos | 1.234 % of GDP |
| 181 | 🇭🇹Haiti | 0.965 % of GDP |
| 182 | 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea | 0.782 % of GDP |
| 183 | 🇿🇼Zimbabwe | 0.385 % of GDP |
| 184 | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 0.319 % of GDP |
| 185 | 🇻🇪Venezuela | 0.003 % of GDP |
| 186 | 🇸🇴Somalia | 0 % of GDP |