# Education spending by nation — world ranking

Education spending ranked across 170 nations, highest to lowest. Namibia highest at 9.1% (2024). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year.

Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/education-spending
Updated: 2026-08-10 (the education domain's last refresh)

Definition: Government spending on education as a share of GDP.
Unit: % of GDP. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

Note: this table mixes vintages — each publisher carries a nation's latest available year, so observations run from 2002 to 2025. Every row shows its own.

## Ranking (170 nations)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia | 9.1% | 2024 |
| 2 | Algeria | 9.0% | 2024 |
| 3 | Cuba | 8.4% | 2022 |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 8.3% | 2023 |
| 5 | Botswana | 8.1% | 2020 |
| 6 | Vanuatu | 7.6% | 2024 |
| 7 | Mauritania | 7.6% | 2024 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 7.5% | 2024 |
| 9 | Sweden | 7.3% | 2022 |
| 10 | Iceland | 7.3% | 2022 |
| 11 | Venezuela | 6.9% | 2009 |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.8% | 2023 |
| 13 | Tunisia | 6.7% | 2023 |
| 14 | Lesotho | 6.6% | 2024 |
| 15 | Moldova | 6.6% | 2023 |
| 16 | Kuwait | 6.4% | 2024 |
| 17 | Finland | 6.4% | 2022 |
| 18 | Denmark | 6.4% | 2022 |
| 19 | Belgium | 6.3% | 2022 |
| 20 | Senegal | 6.2% | 2023 |
| 21 | Eswatini | 6.0% | 2024 |
| 22 | South Africa | 6.0% | 2024 |
| 23 | Morocco | 6.0% | 2023 |
| 24 | Mozambique | 6.0% | 2022 |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 5.9% | 2021 |
| 26 | Bhutan | 5.8% | 2023 |
| 27 | Brazil | 5.6% | 2022 |
| 28 | Jamaica | 5.5% | 2024 |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 5.5% | 2023 |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 5.4% | 2023 |
| 31 | Palestine | 5.4% | 2021 |
| 32 | Norway | 5.4% | 2022 |
| 33 | United States | 5.4% | 2021 |
| 34 | South Korea | 5.4% | 2022 |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 5.3% | 2023 |
| 36 | France | 5.3% | 2022 |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 5.3% | 2023 |
| 38 | Slovenia | 5.3% | 2022 |
| 39 | Austria | 5.3% | 2022 |
| 40 | Colombia | 5.3% | 2020 |
| 41 | Timor-Leste | 5.2% | 2023 |
| 42 | Germany | 5.2% | 2022 |
| 43 | New Zealand | 5.2% | 2023 |
| 44 | Mongolia | 5.2% | 2024 |
| 45 | Estonia | 5.2% | 2022 |
| 46 | Netherlands | 5.2% | 2022 |
| 47 | Yemen | 5.2% | 2008 |
| 48 | Ukraine | 5.1% | 2021 |
| 49 | Syria | 5.1% | 2009 |
| 50 | Australia | 5.1% | 2022 |
| 51 | Belarus | 5.0% | 2024 |
| 52 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.0% | 2023 |
| 53 | Argentina | 5.0% | 2023 |
| 54 | Chile | 4.9% | 2022 |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 4.9% | 2023 |
| 56 | Switzerland | 4.9% | 2022 |
| 57 | Canada | 4.8% | 2022 |
| 58 | Uruguay | 4.8% | 2023 |
| 59 | Cyprus | 4.7% | 2022 |
| 60 | Malta | 4.7% | 2022 |
| 61 | Slovakia | 4.7% | 2022 |
| 62 | Belize | 4.6% | 2024 |
| 63 | Rwanda | 4.6% | 2024 |
| 64 | Spain | 4.6% | 2022 |
| 65 | Portugal | 4.6% | 2022 |
| 66 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 67 | Burundi | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 4.5% | 2022 |
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 70 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 71 | Guyana | 4.5% | 2018 |
| 72 | Brunei | 4.4% | 2016 |
| 73 | Oman | 4.4% | 2022 |
| 74 | Peru | 4.4% | 2024 |
| 75 | Cape Verde | 4.3% | 2023 |
| 76 | Afghanistan | 4.3% | 2017 |
| 77 | Latvia | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 78 | Poland | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 79 | Czechia | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 4.3% | 2024 |
| 81 | Puerto Rico | 4.3% | 2024 |
| 82 | Lithuania | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 83 | Mauritius | 4.2% | 2024 |
| 84 | Fiji | 4.2% | 2023 |
| 85 | Mali | 4.2% | 2023 |
| 86 | Russia | 4.2% | 2023 |
| 87 | Togo | 4.1% | 2023 |
| 88 | India | 4.1% | 2022 |
| 89 | Croatia | 4.1% | 2021 |
| 90 | Niger | 4.1% | 2023 |
| 91 | Zambia | 4.1% | 2023 |
| 92 | Italy | 4.1% | 2022 |
| 93 | Mexico | 4.1% | 2022 |
| 94 | Kenya | 4.0% | 2024 |
| 95 | Georgia | 4.0% | 2024 |
| 96 | Philippines | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 97 | China | 3.9% | 2023 |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 3.9% | 2021 |
| 99 | Hungary | 3.8% | 2022 |
| 100 | Egypt | 3.8% | 2008 |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 3.8% | 2023 |
| 102 | Djibouti | 3.8% | 2018 |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 3.7% | 2022 |
| 104 | Ecuador | 3.7% | 2024 |
| 105 | Nepal | 3.7% | 2024 |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 3.7% | 2023 |
| 107 | Ivory Coast | 3.6% | 2024 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 3.5% | 2024 |
| 109 | Malaysia | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 110 | Serbia | 3.4% | 2023 |
| 111 | Greece | 3.4% | 2022 |
| 112 | Congo | 3.3% | 2023 |
| 113 | Japan | 3.3% | 2021 |
| 114 | El Salvador | 3.3% | 2024 |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 3.3% | 2002 |
| 116 | Romania | 3.3% | 2022 |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 118 | Qatar | 3.2% | 2020 |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 120 | Jordan | 3.2% | 2024 |
| 121 | Benin | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 122 | Chad | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 123 | Tanzania | 3.2% | 2024 |
| 124 | Türkiye | 3.1% | 2022 |
| 125 | Albania | 3.1% | 2023 |
| 126 | Guatemala | 3.1% | 2024 |
| 127 | Madagascar | 3.0% | 2023 |
| 128 | Ghana | 2.9% | 2022 |
| 129 | Ireland | 2.9% | 2021 |
| 130 | San Marino | 2.9% | 2022 |
| 131 | Vietnam | 2.9% | 2022 |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 2.9% | 2023 |
| 133 | Suriname | 2.9% | 2023 |
| 134 | DR Congo | 2.8% | 2022 |
| 135 | Cameroon | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 136 | Iran | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 137 | Gambia | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 138 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2022 |
| 139 | Bahamas | 2.7% | 2023 |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | 2.6% | 2023 |
| 141 | Uganda | 2.6% | 2022 |
| 142 | Liechtenstein | 2.6% | 2011 |
| 143 | Thailand | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 144 | Angola | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 145 | Panama | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 146 | Armenia | 2.4% | 2023 |
| 147 | Comoros | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 148 | Gabon | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 2.3% | 2024 |
| 150 | Liberia | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 151 | Cambodia | 2.2% | 2023 |
| 152 | Eritrea | 2.1% | 2006 |
| 153 | Bangladesh | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 154 | Sudan | 2.0% | 2009 |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.0% | 2013 |
| 156 | Myanmar | 2.0% | 2019 |
| 157 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 158 | Andorra | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 1.8% | 2023 |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 1.8% | 2023 |
| 161 | Monaco | 1.7% | 2023 |
| 162 | Guinea | 1.7% | 2023 |
| 163 | South Sudan | 1.6% | 2016 |
| 164 | Indonesia | 1.3% | 2023 |
| 165 | Laos | 1.2% | 2023 |
| 166 | Lebanon | 1.2% | 2024 |
| 167 | Haiti | 1.0% | 2023 |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 170 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2023 |

## No data (16 nations)

These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they 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.

## Sources

- Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://uis.unesco.org

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