Rankings · Education

Education spending

Government spending on education as a share of GDP.

Nations ranked
170
Highest
9.1%
Lowest
0.3%
Observed
2002–2025

The ten highest

Bars are drawn to the highest value in the table. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 1🇳🇦Namibia

    9.1%  ·  observed 2024

  2. 2🇩🇿Algeria

    9.0%  ·  observed 2024

  3. 3🇨🇺Cuba

    8.4%  ·  observed 2022

  4. 4🇸🇧Solomon Islands

    8.3%  ·  observed 2023

  5. 5🇧🇼Botswana

    8.1%  ·  observed 2020

  6. 6🇻🇺Vanuatu

    7.6%  ·  observed 2024

  7. 7🇲🇷Mauritania

    7.6%  ·  observed 2024

  8. 8🇧🇴Bolivia

    7.5%  ·  observed 2024

  9. 9🇸🇪Sweden

    7.3%  ·  observed 2022

  10. 10🇮🇸Iceland

    7.3%  ·  observed 2022

Every nation with data

Figures are shares of GDP. This table mixes vintages: each publisher carries a nation’s latest available year, so the observations here run from 2002 to 2025 — every row shows its own.

  1. 1🇳🇦Namibia9.1% · 2024
  2. 2🇩🇿Algeria9.0% · 2024
  3. 3🇨🇺Cuba8.4% · 2022
  4. 4🇸🇧Solomon Islands8.3% · 2023
  5. 5🇧🇼Botswana8.1% · 2020
  6. 6🇻🇺Vanuatu7.6% · 2024
  7. 7🇲🇷Mauritania7.6% · 2024
  8. 8🇧🇴Bolivia7.5% · 2024
  9. 9🇸🇪Sweden7.3% · 2022
  10. 10🇮🇸Iceland7.3% · 2022
  11. 11🇻🇪Venezuela6.9% · 2009
  12. 12🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan6.8% · 2023
  13. 13🇹🇳Tunisia6.7% · 2023
  14. 14🇱🇸Lesotho6.6% · 2024
  15. 15🇲🇩Moldova6.6% · 2023
  16. 16🇰🇼Kuwait6.4% · 2024
  17. 17🇫🇮Finland6.4% · 2022
  18. 18🇩🇰Denmark6.4% · 2022
  19. 19🇧🇪Belgium6.3% · 2022
  20. 20🇸🇳Senegal6.2% · 2023
  21. 21🇸🇿Eswatini6.0% · 2024
  22. 22🇿🇦South Africa6.0% · 2024
  23. 23🇲🇦Morocco6.0% · 2023
  24. 24🇲🇿Mozambique6.0% · 2022
  25. 25🇬🇧United Kingdom5.9% · 2021
  26. 26🇧🇹Bhutan5.8% · 2023
  27. 27🇧🇷Brazil5.6% · 2022
  28. 28🇯🇲Jamaica5.5% · 2024
  29. 29🇺🇿Uzbekistan5.5% · 2023
  30. 30🇹🇯Tajikistan5.4% · 2023
  31. 31🇵🇸Palestine5.4% · 2021
  32. 32🇳🇴Norway5.4% · 2022
  33. 33🇺🇸United States5.4% · 2021
  34. 34🇰🇷South Korea5.4% · 2022
  35. 35🇧🇫Burkina Faso5.3% · 2023
  36. 36🇫🇷France5.3% · 2022
  37. 37🇨🇷Costa Rica5.3% · 2023
  38. 38🇸🇮Slovenia5.3% · 2022
  39. 39🇦🇹Austria5.3% · 2022
  40. 40🇨🇴Colombia5.3% · 2020
  41. 41🇹🇱Timor-Leste5.2% · 2023
  42. 42🇩🇪Germany5.2% · 2022
  43. 43🇳🇿New Zealand5.2% · 2023
  44. 44🇲🇳Mongolia5.2% · 2024
  45. 45🇪🇪Estonia5.2% · 2022
  46. 46🇳🇱Netherlands5.2% · 2022
  47. 47🇾🇪Yemen5.2% · 2008
  48. 48🇺🇦Ukraine5.1% · 2021
  49. 49🇸🇾Syria5.1% · 2009
  50. 50🇦🇺Australia5.1% · 2022
  51. 51🇧🇾Belarus5.0% · 2024
  52. 52🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe5.0% · 2023
  53. 53🇦🇷Argentina5.0% · 2023
  54. 54🇨🇱Chile4.9% · 2022
  55. 55🇰🇿Kazakhstan4.9% · 2023
  56. 56🇨🇭Switzerland4.9% · 2022
  57. 57🇨🇦Canada4.8% · 2022
  58. 58🇺🇾Uruguay4.8% · 2023
  59. 59🇨🇾Cyprus4.7% · 2022
  60. 60🇲🇹Malta4.7% · 2022
  61. 61🇸🇰Slovakia4.7% · 2022
  62. 62🇧🇿Belize4.6% · 2024
  63. 63🇷🇼Rwanda4.6% · 2024
  64. 64🇪🇸Spain4.6% · 2022
  65. 65🇵🇹Portugal4.6% · 2022
  66. 66🇭🇳Honduras4.5% · 2023
  67. 67🇧🇮Burundi4.5% · 2025
  68. 68🇧🇬Bulgaria4.5% · 2022
  69. 69🇸🇦Saudi Arabia4.5% · 2023
  70. 70🇸🇨Seychelles4.5% · 2023
  71. 71🇬🇾Guyana4.5% · 2018
  72. 72🇧🇳Brunei4.4% · 2016
  73. 73🇴🇲Oman4.4% · 2022
  74. 74🇵🇪Peru4.4% · 2024
  75. 75🇨🇻Cape Verde4.3% · 2023
  76. 76🇦🇫Afghanistan4.3% · 2017
  77. 77🇱🇻Latvia4.3% · 2022
  78. 78🇵🇱Poland4.3% · 2022
  79. 79🇨🇿Czechia4.3% · 2022
  80. 80🇹🇲Turkmenistan4.3% · 2024
  81. 81🇵🇷Puerto Rico4.3% · 2024
  82. 82🇱🇹Lithuania4.3% · 2022
  83. 83🇲🇺Mauritius4.2% · 2024
  84. 84🇫🇯Fiji4.2% · 2023
  85. 85🇲🇱Mali4.2% · 2023
  86. 86🇷🇺Russia4.2% · 2023
  87. 87🇹🇬Togo4.1% · 2023
  88. 88🇮🇳India4.1% · 2022
  89. 89🇭🇷Croatia4.1% · 2021
  90. 90🇳🇪Niger4.1% · 2023
  91. 91🇿🇲Zambia4.1% · 2023
  92. 92🇮🇹Italy4.1% · 2022
  93. 93🇲🇽Mexico4.1% · 2022
  94. 94🇰🇪Kenya4.0% · 2024
  95. 95🇬🇪Georgia4.0% · 2024
  96. 96🇵🇭Philippines4.0% · 2025
  97. 97🇨🇳China3.9% · 2023
  98. 98🇦🇪United Arab Emirates3.9% · 2021
  99. 99🇭🇺Hungary3.8% · 2022
  100. 100🇪🇬Egypt3.8% · 2008
  101. 101🇩🇴Dominican Republic3.8% · 2023
  102. 102🇩🇯Djibouti3.8% · 2018
  103. 103🇱🇺Luxembourg3.7% · 2022
  104. 104🇪🇨Ecuador3.7% · 2024
  105. 105🇳🇵Nepal3.7% · 2024
  106. 106🇦🇿Azerbaijan3.7% · 2023
  107. 107🇨🇮Ivory Coast3.6% · 2024
  108. 108🇵🇾Paraguay3.5% · 2024
  109. 109🇲🇾Malaysia3.5% · 2023
  110. 110🇷🇸Serbia3.4% · 2023
  111. 111🇬🇷Greece3.4% · 2022
  112. 112🇨🇬Congo3.3% · 2023
  113. 113🇯🇵Japan3.3% · 2021
  114. 114🇸🇻El Salvador3.3% · 2024
  115. 115🇲🇰North Macedonia3.3% · 2002
  116. 116🇷🇴Romania3.3% · 2022
  117. 117🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina3.2% · 2023
  118. 118🇶🇦Qatar3.2% · 2020
  119. 119🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago3.2% · 2023
  120. 120🇯🇴Jordan3.2% · 2024
  121. 121🇧🇯Benin3.2% · 2023
  122. 122🇹🇩Chad3.2% · 2023
  123. 123🇹🇿Tanzania3.2% · 2024
  124. 124🇹🇷Türkiye3.1% · 2022
  125. 125🇦🇱Albania3.1% · 2023
  126. 126🇬🇹Guatemala3.1% · 2024
  127. 127🇲🇬Madagascar3.0% · 2023
  128. 128🇬🇭Ghana2.9% · 2022
  129. 129🇮🇪Ireland2.9% · 2021
  130. 130🇸🇲San Marino2.9% · 2022
  131. 131🇻🇳Vietnam2.9% · 2022
  132. 132🇳🇮Nicaragua2.9% · 2023
  133. 133🇸🇷Suriname2.9% · 2023
  134. 134🇨🇩DR Congo2.8% · 2022
  135. 135🇨🇲Cameroon2.8% · 2023
  136. 136🇮🇷Iran2.8% · 2023
  137. 137🇬🇲Gambia2.8% · 2023
  138. 138🇲🇼Malawi2.7% · 2022
  139. 139🇧🇸Bahamas2.7% · 2023
  140. 140🇸🇱Sierra Leone2.6% · 2023
  141. 141🇺🇬Uganda2.6% · 2022
  142. 142🇱🇮Liechtenstein2.6% · 2011
  143. 143🇹🇭Thailand2.5% · 2023
  144. 144🇦🇴Angola2.5% · 2023
  145. 145🇵🇦Panama2.5% · 2023
  146. 146🇦🇲Armenia2.4% · 2023
  147. 147🇰🇲Comoros2.3% · 2023
  148. 148🇬🇦Gabon2.3% · 2023
  149. 149🇪🇹Ethiopia2.3% · 2024
  150. 150🇱🇷Liberia2.3% · 2023
  151. 151🇰🇭Cambodia2.2% · 2023
  152. 152🇪🇷Eritrea2.1% · 2006
  153. 153🇧🇩Bangladesh2.0% · 2024
  154. 154🇸🇩Sudan2.0% · 2009
  155. 155🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau2.0% · 2013
  156. 156🇲🇲Myanmar2.0% · 2019
  157. 157🇵🇰Pakistan1.9% · 2023
  158. 158🇦🇩Andorra1.9% · 2023
  159. 159🇨🇫Central African Republic1.8% · 2023
  160. 160🇱🇰Sri Lanka1.8% · 2023
  161. 161🇲🇨Monaco1.7% · 2023
  162. 162🇬🇳Guinea1.7% · 2023
  163. 163🇸🇸South Sudan1.6% · 2016
  164. 164🇮🇩Indonesia1.3% · 2023
  165. 165🇱🇦Laos1.2% · 2023
  166. 166🇱🇧Lebanon1.2% · 2024
  167. 167🇭🇹Haiti1.0% · 2023
  168. 168🇵🇬Papua New Guinea0.8% · 2023
  169. 169🇿🇼Zimbabwe0.4% · 2023
  170. 170🇳🇬Nigeria0.3% · 2023

No data

16 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations are not ranked.

  • 🇦🇶Antarctica

    Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.

  • 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
  • 🇫🇰Falkland Islands

    The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.

  • 🇹🇫French Southern and Antarctic Lands

    The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.

  • 🇬🇱Greenland
  • 🇮🇶Iraq
  • 🇽🇰Kosovo
  • 🇱🇾Libya
  • 🇲🇪Montenegro
  • 🇳🇨New Caledonia
  • 🇰🇵North Korea
  • Northern Cyprus

    Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.

  • 🇸🇴Somalia
  • Somaliland

    Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.

  • 🇹🇼Taiwan

    Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.

  • 🇻🇦Vatican City

    Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.