Education spending
% of government spending · no best or worst — smallest to largest
189 of 216 countries report a figure for education spending
World average: 13.5%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #189 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | |
| #188 | Nigeria | 3.0% | 2024 | |
| #187 | Papua New Guinea | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| #186 | Timor-Leste | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Dominica | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Greece | 6.4% | 2022 | |
| #182 | Angola | 6.5% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Nauru | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Sri Lanka | 7.2% | 2024 | |
| #179 | Guyana | 7.2% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Liberia | 7.4% | 2021 | |
| #177 | Italy | 7.4% | 2022 | |
| #176 | Monaco | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| #175 | Bermuda | 7.8% | 2017 | |
| #174 | Hungary | 7.8% | 2022 | |
| #173 | Somalia | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Laos | 8.2% | 2024 | |
| #171 | Bahrain | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Serbia | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| #169 | Luxembourg | 8.5% | 2022 | |
| #168 | Uganda | 8.5% | 2022 | |
| #167 | Croatia | 8.5% | 2021 | |
| #166 | Suriname | 8.6% | 2024 | |
| #165 | Gibraltar | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Lebanon | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Armenia | 8.7% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Romania | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| #161 | France | 9.1% | 2022 | |
| #160 | Palau | 9.1% | 2025 | |
| #159 | Guinea | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Qatar | 9.3% | 2020 | |
| #157 | Tonga | 9.3% | 2024 | |
| #156 | Maldives | 9.6% | 2025 | |
| #155 | Myanmar | 9.7% | 2019 | |
| #154 | Pakistan | 9.8% | 2023 | |
| #153 | Jordan | 9.8% | 2024 | |
| #152 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Spain | 9.9% | 2022 | |
| #150 | Latvia | 9.9% | 2022 | |
| #149 | Austria | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| #148 | Poland | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| #147 | Central African Republic | 10.0% | 2023 | |
| #146 | Czech Republic | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| #145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.2% | 2021 | |
| #144 | Venezuela | 10.3% | 2024 | |
| #143 | Burundi | 10.3% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Lesotho | 10.4% | 2024 | |
| #141 | Portugal | 10.4% | 2022 | |
| #140 | Indonesia | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| #139 | The Bahamas | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Canada | 10.7% | 2022 | |
| #137 | Germany | 10.7% | 2022 | |
| #136 | Seychelles | 10.7% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Nepal | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Slovakia | 10.8% | 2022 | |
| #133 | Albania | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Aruba | 11.0% | 2021 | |
| #131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Nicaragua | 11.0% | 2024 | |
| #129 | Slovenia | 11.1% | 2022 | |
| #128 | United States | 11.3% | 2021 | |
| #127 | Turkey | 11.3% | 2022 | |
| #126 | Marshall Islands | 11.3% | 2022 | |
| #125 | Brunei | 11.4% | 2016 | |
| #124 | Grenada | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Comoros | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Cambodia | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Togo | 11.6% | 2024 | |
| #120 | Paraguay | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Samoa | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Lithuania | 11.7% | 2022 | |
| #117 | United Kingdom | 11.8% | 2021 | |
| #116 | Bangladesh | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| #115 | People's Republic of China | 11.9% | 2023 | |
| #114 | Azerbaijan | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 12.0% | 2022 | |
| #112 | Bulgaria | 12.0% | 2022 | |
| #111 | Singapore | 12.0% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Belgium | 12.0% | 2022 | |
| #109 | Finland | 12.1% | 2022 | |
| #108 | Andorra | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Georgia | 12.2% | 2024 | |
| #106 | Macau | 12.3% | 2022 | |
| #105 | Ireland | 12.3% | 2021 | |
| #104 | Belarus | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| #103 | Cyprus | 12.5% | 2022 | |
| #102 | Malta | 12.5% | 2022 | |
| #101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Thailand | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.6% | 2024 | |
| #98 | Australia | 12.6% | 2022 | |
| #97 | Ukraine | 12.7% | 2021 | |
| #96 | New Zealand | 12.7% | 2023 | |
| #95 | Saint Lucia | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Niger | 12.8% | 2023 | |
| #93 | Brazil | 12.9% | 2022 | |
| #92 | San Marino | 13.0% | 2023 | |
| #91 | Estonia | 13.0% | 2022 | |
| #90 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13.1% | 2017 | |
| #89 | Haiti | 13.2% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Ghana | 13.2% | 2022 | |
| #87 | Argentina | 13.2% | 2023 | |
| #86 | Tanzania | 13.4% | 2024 | |
| #85 | Cape Verde | 13.4% | 2024 | |
| #84 | Gabon | 13.6% | 2023 | |
| #83 | British Virgin Islands | 13.6% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Mongolia | 13.8% | 2024 | |
| #81 | Fiji | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Cameroon | 13.8% | 2024 | |
| #79 | Kuwait | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Rwanda | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Malaysia | 14.1% | 2023 | |
| #76 | India | 14.2% | 2022 | |
| #75 | Denmark | 14.2% | 2022 | |
| #74 | Oman | 14.2% | 2022 | |
| #73 | Barbados | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Mauritius | 14.2% | 2024 | |
| #71 | The Gambia | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Mexico | 14.2% | 2022 | |
| #69 | Russia | 14.3% | 2018 | |
| #68 | Norway | 14.5% | 2022 | |
| #67 | Djibouti | 14.5% | 2018 | |
| #66 | Zambia | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| #65 | North Korea | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Republic of the Congo | 14.7% | 2023 | |
| #63 | United Arab Emirates | 14.8% | 2021 | |
| #62 | Cayman Islands | 15.0% | 2019 | |
| #61 | Philippines | 15.2% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Sweden | 15.3% | 2022 | |
| #59 | Switzerland | 15.4% | 2022 | |
| #58 | Vietnam | 15.4% | 2022 | |
| #57 | Ecuador | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Algeria | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Uruguay | 15.6% | 2023 | |
| #54 | Saudi Arabia | 15.6% | 2024 | |
| #53 | Iceland | 15.7% | 2022 | |
| #52 | Afghanistan | 15.7% | 2017 | |
| #51 | Hong Kong | 15.7% | 2024 | |
| #50 | El Salvador | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Puerto Rico | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Moldova | 16.0% | 2024 | |
| #47 | Malawi | 16.0% | 2024 | |
| #46 | Israel | 16.1% | 2022 | |
| #45 | Panama | 16.3% | 2024 | |
| #44 | Curaçao | 16.4% | 2024 | |
| #43 | Chad | 16.5% | 2023 | |
| #42 | Ethiopia | 16.7% | 2024 | |
| #41 | Tuvalu | 16.8% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Cuba | 17.0% | 2022 | |
| #39 | Guatemala | 17.3% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Tunisia | 17.3% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Ivory Coast | 17.6% | 2024 | |
| #36 | Mali | 17.8% | 2024 | |
| #35 | Jamaica | 17.9% | 2024 | |
| #34 | Zimbabwe | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Madagascar | 18.0% | 2019 | |
| #32 | Benin | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| #31 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 18.1% | 2024 | |
| #30 | Chile | 18.4% | 2022 | |
| #29 | Federated States of Micronesia | 18.6% | 2020 | |
| #28 | Iran | 18.8% | 2022 | |
| #27 | Belize | 18.9% | 2024 | |
| #26 | South Africa | 19.1% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Peru | 19.2% | 2024 | |
| #24 | Eswatini | 19.2% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Tajikistan | 19.3% | 2024 | |
| #22 | Vanuatu | 19.3% | 2024 | |
| #21 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.6% | 2024 | |
| #20 | Kiribati | 20.1% | 2024 | |
| #19 | Bolivia | 20.2% | 2024 | |
| #18 | Burkina Faso | 20.3% | 2023 | |
| #17 | Costa Rica | 20.4% | 2023 | |
| #16 | Mozambique | 20.4% | 2021 | |
| #15 | Sierra Leone | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Dominican Republic | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Senegal | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Botswana | 21.5% | 2020 | |
| #11 | Kazakhstan | 22.0% | 2024 | |
| #10 | Uzbekistan | 22.1% | 2024 | |
| #9 | Bhutan | 22.2% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Sint Maarten | 23.0% | 2023 | |
| #7 | Honduras | 23.2% | 2018 | |
| #6 | Morocco | 23.3% | 2024 | |
| #5 | Namibia | 24.6% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Solomon Islands | 25.2% | 2024 | |
| #3 | Turkmenistan | 27.6% | 2024 | |
| #2 | Kenya | 28.5% | 2025 | |
| #1 | Mauritania | 31.9% | 2024 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Colombia | — | — | |
| — | Egypt | — | — | |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Guinea-Bissau | — | — | |
| — | Iraq | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | Japan | — | — | |
| — | South Korea | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Libya | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Montenegro | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | North Macedonia | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Syria | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Palestine | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)