Education spending by country
Government spending on schools, as a share of the economy. The map opens on 2022, with figures for 164 countries.
Highest in 2022
- Kiribati 14.8%
- Tuvalu 13.8%
- Vanuatu 10.7%
- Namibia 9.4%
- Solomon Is. 8.5%
Lowest in 2022
- Somalia 0.0%
- Nigeria 0.3%
- Papua New Guinea 0.6%
- Indonesia 0.9%
- Haiti 1.0%
About the data
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
- Unit
- % of GDP
- Years
- 1971–2025
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS), CC BY 4.0
All countries
- Afghanistan 4.3% (2017)
- Albania 2.7% (2022)
- Algeria 4.7% (2022)
- American Samoa 14.7% (2006)
- Andorra 2.6% (2022)
- Angola 2.4% (2022)
- Antigua and Barb. 2.5% (2022)
- Argentina 4.8% (2022)
- Armenia 2.5% (2022)
- Aruba 3.6% (2021)
- Australia 5.1% (2022)
- Austria 5.3% (2022)
- Azerbaijan 3.0% (2022)
- Bahamas 2.6% (2022)
- Bahrain 1.7% (2022)
- Bangladesh 2.1% (2022)
- Barbados 4.1% (2022)
- Belarus 4.6% (2022)
- Belgium 6.3% (2022)
- Belize 4.6% (2022)
- Benin 3.1% (2022)
- Bermuda 1.8% (2022)
- Bhutan 7.5% (2022)
- Bolivia 7.6% (2022)
- Bosnia and Herz. 3.0% (2022)
- Botswana 8.1% (2020)
- Brazil 5.6% (2022)
- British Virgin Is. 2.5% (2022)
- Brunei 4.4% (2016)
- Bulgaria 4.5% (2022)
- Burkina Faso 5.3% (2022)
- Burundi 4.9% (2021)
- Cabo Verde 4.7% (2022)
- Cambodia 2.0% (2022)
- Cameroon 2.7% (2022)
- Canada 4.8% (2022)
- Cayman Is. 1.5% (2022)
- Central African Rep. 2.1% (2022)
- Chad 2.6% (2022)
- Chile 4.9% (2022)
- China 1.9% (1999)
- Colombia 5.3% (2020)
- Comoros 2.4% (2022)
- Congo 2.7% (2022)
- Costa Rica 5.5% (2022)
- Côte d'Ivoire 3.5% (2022)
- Croatia 4.1% (2021)
- Cuba 8.4% (2022)
- Curaçao 6.1% (2022)
- Cyprus 4.7% (2022)
- Czechia 4.3% (2022)
- Dem. Rep. Congo 2.8% (2022)
- Denmark 6.4% (2022)
- Djibouti 3.8% (2018)
- Dominica 6.0% (2022)
- Dominican Rep. 3.6% (2022)
- Ecuador 3.6% (2022)
- Egypt 3.8% (2008)
- El Salvador 3.3% (2022)
- Eq. Guinea 2.2% (1998)
- Eritrea 2.1% (2006)
- Estonia 5.2% (2022)
- eSwatini 5.6% (2022)
- Ethiopia 3.7% (2022)
- Fiji 3.9% (2022)
- Finland 6.4% (2022)
- France 5.3% (2022)
- Gabon 2.2% (2022)
- Gambia 2.9% (2022)
- Georgia 3.8% (2022)
- Germany 5.2% (2022)
- Ghana 2.9% (2022)
- Greece 3.4% (2022)
- Grenada 4.0% (2022)
- Guatemala 3.2% (2022)
- Guinea 2.0% (2022)
- Guinea-Bissau 2.0% (2013)
- Guyana 4.5% (2018)
- Haiti 1.0% (2022)
- Honduras 4.5% (2022)
- Hong Kong 3.7% (2022)
- Hungary 3.8% (2022)
- Iceland 7.3% (2022)
- India 4.1% (2022)
- Indonesia 0.9% (2022)
- Iran 2.7% (2022)
- Iraq 3.6% (1989)
- Ireland 2.9% (2021)
- Israel 5.9% (2022)
- Italy 4.1% (2022)
- Jamaica 5.4% (2022)
- Japan 3.3% (2021)
- Jordan 3.2% (2022)
- Judea and Samaria and Gaza Strip 5.4% (2021)
- Kazakhstan 4.4% (2022)
- Kenya 4.5% (2022)
- Kiribati 14.8% (2022)
- Kuwait 6.6% (2022)
- Kyrgyzstan 7.2% (2022)
- Laos 1.5% (2022)
- Latvia 4.3% (2022)
- Lebanon 1.3% (2022)
- Lesotho 7.3% (2018)
- Liberia 2.3% (2022)
- Libya 2.3% (1999)
- Liechtenstein 2.6% (2011)
- Lithuania 4.3% (2022)
- Luxembourg 3.7% (2022)
- Macao 6.1% (2022)
- Madagascar 3.1% (2022)
- Malawi 2.7% (2022)
- Malaysia 3.5% (2022)
- Maldives 4.7% (2022)
- Mali 4.0% (2022)
- Malta 4.7% (2022)
- Marshall Is. 7.7% (2022)
- Mauritania 1.4% (2022)
- Mauritius 4.8% (2022)
- Mexico 4.1% (2022)
- Micronesia 11.6% (2020)
- Moldova 6.1% (2022)
- Monaco 1.2% (2022)
- Mongolia 4.1% (2017)
- Morocco 5.9% (2022)
- Mozambique 6.0% (2022)
- Myanmar 2.0% (2019)
- Namibia 9.4% (2022)
- Nauru 5.9% (2022)
- Nepal 4.1% (2022)
- Netherlands 5.2% (2022)
- New Zealand 5.2% (2022)
- Nicaragua 3.8% (2022)
- Niger 3.7% (2022)
- Nigeria 0.3% (2022)
- North Macedonia 3.3% (2002)
- Norway 5.4% (2022)
- Oman 4.4% (2022)
- Pakistan 2.0% (2022)
- Palau 3.6% (2022)
- Panama 3.4% (2022)
- Papua New Guinea 0.6% (2022)
- Paraguay 3.4% (2022)
- Peru 3.8% (2022)
- Philippines 3.6% (2022)
- Poland 4.3% (2022)
- Portugal 4.6% (2022)
- Puerto Rico 3.9% (2022)
- Qatar 3.2% (2020)
- Romania 3.3% (2022)
- Russia 4.1% (2022)
- Rwanda 4.7% (2022)
- S. Sudan 1.6% (2016)
- Saint Lucia 4.6% (2022)
- Samoa 6.2% (2022)
- San Marino 2.9% (2022)
- São Tomé and Principe 5.2% (2022)
- Saudi Arabia 5.1% (2008)
- Senegal 6.0% (2022)
- Serbia 3.1% (2022)
- Seychelles 3.7% (2022)
- Sierra Leone 4.9% (2022)
- Singapore 2.5% (2022)
- Sint Maarten 4.3% (2022)
- Slovakia 4.7% (2022)
- Slovenia 5.3% (2022)
- Solomon Is. 8.5% (2022)
- Somalia 0.0% (2022)
- South Africa 6.2% (2022)
- South Korea 5.4% (2022)
- Spain 4.6% (2022)
- Sri Lanka 1.2% (2022)
- St. Kitts and Nevis 3.6% (2022)
- St. Vin. and Gren. 7.1% (2022)
- Sudan 2.0% (2009)
- Suriname 3.4% (2022)
- Sweden 7.3% (2022)
- Switzerland 4.9% (2022)
- Syria 5.1% (2009)
- Tajikistan 5.4% (2022)
- Tanzania 3.2% (2022)
- Thailand 2.6% (2022)
- Timor-Leste 3.0% (2021)
- Togo 3.8% (2022)
- Tonga 5.3% (2022)
- Trinidad and Tobago 2.8% (2022)
- Tunisia 6.8% (2022)
- Turkey 3.1% (2022)
- Turkmenistan 3.6% (2022)
- Turks and Caicos Is. 2.8% (2022)
- Tuvalu 13.8% (2022)
- Uganda 2.6% (2022)
- Ukraine 5.1% (2021)
- United Arab Emirates 3.9% (2021)
- United Kingdom 5.9% (2021)
- United States of America 5.4% (2021)
- Uruguay 4.5% (2022)
- Uzbekistan 5.2% (2022)
- Vanuatu 10.7% (2022)
- Venezuela 6.9% (2009)
- Vietnam 2.9% (2022)
- Yemen 5.2% (2008)
- Zambia 3.7% (2022)
- Zimbabwe 6.1% (2014)