Education spending
% of GDP · no best or worst — smallest to largest
190 of 216 countries report a figure for education spending
World average: 4.3%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #190 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2023 | |
| #189 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2023 | |
| #188 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2023 | |
| #187 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8% | 2023 | |
| #186 | Haiti | 1.0% | 2023 | |
| #185 | Lebanon | 1.2% | 2024 | |
| #184 | Laos | 1.2% | 2023 | |
| #183 | Indonesia | 1.3% | 2023 | |
| #182 | South Sudan | 1.6% | 2016 | |
| #181 | Cayman Islands | 1.6% | 2023 | |
| #180 | Guinea | 1.7% | 2023 | |
| #179 | Monaco | 1.7% | 2023 | |
| #178 | Sri Lanka | 1.8% | 2023 | |
| #177 | Central African Republic | 1.8% | 2023 | |
| #176 | Bermuda | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #175 | Bahrain | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #174 | Andorra | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #173 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2023 | |
| #172 | Myanmar | 2.0% | 2019 | |
| #171 | Bangladesh | 2.0% | 2024 | |
| #170 | Cambodia | 2.2% | 2023 | |
| #169 | Singapore | 2.2% | 2024 | |
| #168 | Liberia | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| #167 | Ethiopia | 2.3% | 2024 | |
| #166 | Gabon | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| #165 | Comoros | 2.3% | 2023 | |
| #164 | Armenia | 2.4% | 2023 | |
| #163 | Panama | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #162 | Angola | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #161 | Thailand | 2.5% | 2023 | |
| #160 | Uganda | 2.6% | 2022 | |
| #159 | Sierra Leone | 2.6% | 2023 | |
| #158 | The Bahamas | 2.7% | 2023 | |
| #157 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2022 | |
| #156 | The Gambia | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| #155 | Iran | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| #154 | Cameroon | 2.8% | 2023 | |
| #153 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.8% | 2022 | |
| #152 | Suriname | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #151 | Nicaragua | 2.9% | 2023 | |
| #150 | Vietnam | 2.9% | 2022 | |
| #149 | San Marino | 2.9% | 2022 | |
| #148 | Ireland | 2.9% | 2021 | |
| #147 | Ghana | 2.9% | 2022 | |
| #146 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.9% | 2024 | |
| #145 | Madagascar | 3.0% | 2023 | |
| #144 | Guatemala | 3.1% | 2024 | |
| #143 | Albania | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #142 | Turkey | 3.1% | 2022 | |
| #141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| #140 | Tanzania | 3.2% | 2024 | |
| #139 | British Virgin Islands | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| #138 | Chad | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| #137 | Benin | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| #136 | Jordan | 3.2% | 2024 | |
| #135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| #134 | Qatar | 3.2% | 2020 | |
| #133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.2% | 2023 | |
| #132 | Romania | 3.3% | 2022 | |
| #131 | El Salvador | 3.3% | 2024 | |
| #130 | Japan | 3.3% | 2021 | |
| #129 | Republic of the Congo | 3.3% | 2023 | |
| #128 | Greece | 3.4% | 2022 | |
| #127 | Serbia | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| #126 | Palau | 3.4% | 2023 | |
| #125 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| #124 | Macau | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| #123 | Malaysia | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| #122 | Paraguay | 3.5% | 2024 | |
| #121 | Barbados | 3.6% | 2024 | |
| #120 | Ivory Coast | 3.6% | 2024 | |
| #119 | Aruba | 3.6% | 2021 | |
| #118 | Azerbaijan | 3.7% | 2023 | |
| #117 | Nepal | 3.7% | 2024 | |
| #116 | Ecuador | 3.7% | 2024 | |
| #115 | Luxembourg | 3.7% | 2022 | |
| #114 | Djibouti | 3.8% | 2018 | |
| #113 | Dominican Republic | 3.8% | 2023 | |
| #112 | Hungary | 3.8% | 2022 | |
| #111 | Hong Kong | 3.8% | 2024 | |
| #110 | Saint Lucia | 3.8% | 2024 | |
| #109 | United Arab Emirates | 3.9% | 2021 | |
| #108 | People's Republic of China | 3.9% | 2023 | |
| #107 | Sint Maarten | 3.9% | 2023 | |
| #106 | Philippines | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Georgia | 4.0% | 2024 | |
| #104 | Kenya | 4.0% | 2024 | |
| #103 | Mexico | 4.1% | 2022 | |
| #102 | Italy | 4.1% | 2022 | |
| #101 | Zambia | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| #100 | Niger | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| #99 | Croatia | 4.1% | 2021 | |
| #98 | India | 4.1% | 2022 | |
| #97 | Togo | 4.1% | 2023 | |
| #96 | Russia | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| #95 | Mali | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| #94 | Fiji | 4.2% | 2023 | |
| #93 | Mauritius | 4.2% | 2024 | |
| #92 | Lithuania | 4.3% | 2022 | |
| #91 | Puerto Rico | 4.3% | 2024 | |
| #90 | Turkmenistan | 4.3% | 2024 | |
| #89 | Czech Republic | 4.3% | 2022 | |
| #88 | Poland | 4.3% | 2022 | |
| #87 | Latvia | 4.3% | 2022 | |
| #86 | Afghanistan | 4.3% | 2017 | |
| #85 | Cape Verde | 4.3% | 2023 | |
| #84 | Peru | 4.4% | 2024 | |
| #83 | Oman | 4.4% | 2022 | |
| #82 | Brunei | 4.4% | 2016 | |
| #81 | Guyana | 4.5% | 2018 | |
| #80 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #79 | Saudi Arabia | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #78 | Bulgaria | 4.5% | 2022 | |
| #77 | Burundi | 4.5% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2023 | |
| #75 | Portugal | 4.6% | 2022 | |
| #74 | Spain | 4.6% | 2022 | |
| #73 | Rwanda | 4.6% | 2024 | |
| #72 | Belize | 4.6% | 2024 | |
| #71 | Slovakia | 4.7% | 2022 | |
| #70 | Malta | 4.7% | 2022 | |
| #69 | Cyprus | 4.7% | 2022 | |
| #68 | Uruguay | 4.8% | 2023 | |
| #67 | Canada | 4.8% | 2022 | |
| #66 | Switzerland | 4.9% | 2022 | |
| #65 | Kazakhstan | 4.9% | 2023 | |
| #64 | Chile | 4.9% | 2022 | |
| #63 | Argentina | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| #62 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.0% | 2023 | |
| #61 | Belarus | 5.0% | 2024 | |
| #60 | Australia | 5.1% | 2022 | |
| #59 | Grenada | 5.1% | 2023 | |
| #58 | Ukraine | 5.1% | 2021 | |
| #57 | Maldives | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| #56 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 5.2% | 2022 | |
| #55 | Estonia | 5.2% | 2022 | |
| #54 | Mongolia | 5.2% | 2024 | |
| #53 | New Zealand | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| #52 | Germany | 5.2% | 2022 | |
| #51 | Timor-Leste | 5.2% | 2023 | |
| #50 | Colombia | 5.3% | 2020 | |
| #49 | Austria | 5.3% | 2022 | |
| #48 | Slovenia | 5.3% | 2022 | |
| #47 | Tonga | 5.3% | 2022 | |
| #46 | Costa Rica | 5.3% | 2023 | |
| #45 | France | 5.3% | 2022 | |
| #44 | Burkina Faso | 5.3% | 2023 | |
| #43 | Dominica | 5.4% | 2024 | |
| #42 | South Korea | 5.4% | 2022 | |
| #41 | United States | 5.4% | 2021 | |
| #40 | Norway | 5.4% | 2022 | |
| #39 | Palestine | 5.4% | 2021 | |
| #38 | Tajikistan | 5.4% | 2023 | |
| #37 | Curaçao | 5.4% | 2024 | |
| #36 | Samoa | 5.5% | 2024 | |
| #35 | Uzbekistan | 5.5% | 2023 | |
| #34 | Jamaica | 5.5% | 2024 | |
| #33 | Brazil | 5.6% | 2022 | |
| #32 | Nauru | 5.8% | 2023 | |
| #31 | Bhutan | 5.8% | 2023 | |
| #30 | United Kingdom | 5.9% | 2021 | |
| #29 | Israel | 5.9% | 2022 | |
| #28 | Mozambique | 6.0% | 2022 | |
| #27 | Morocco | 6.0% | 2023 | |
| #26 | South Africa | 6.0% | 2024 | |
| #25 | Eswatini | 6.0% | 2024 | |
| #24 | Senegal | 6.2% | 2023 | |
| #23 | Belgium | 6.3% | 2022 | |
| #22 | Denmark | 6.4% | 2022 | |
| #21 | Finland | 6.4% | 2022 | |
| #20 | Kuwait | 6.4% | 2024 | |
| #19 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.5% | 2023 | |
| #18 | Moldova | 6.6% | 2023 | |
| #17 | Lesotho | 6.6% | 2024 | |
| #16 | Tunisia | 6.7% | 2023 | |
| #15 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.8% | 2023 | |
| #14 | Iceland | 7.3% | 2022 | |
| #13 | Sweden | 7.3% | 2022 | |
| #12 | Bolivia | 7.5% | 2024 | |
| #11 | Mauritania | 7.6% | 2024 | |
| #10 | Vanuatu | 7.6% | 2024 | |
| #9 | Marshall Islands | 7.7% | 2022 | |
| #8 | Botswana | 8.1% | 2020 | |
| #7 | Solomon Islands | 8.3% | 2023 | |
| #6 | Cuba | 8.4% | 2022 | |
| #5 | Algeria | 9.0% | 2024 | |
| #4 | Namibia | 9.1% | 2024 | |
| #3 | Federated States of Micronesia | 11.6% | 2020 | |
| #2 | Tuvalu | 12.8% | 2023 | |
| #1 | Kiribati | 16.4% | 2023 | |
| — | American Samoa | — | — | |
| — | Egypt | — | — | |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | — | — | |
| — | Eritrea | — | — | |
| — | Faroe Islands | — | — | |
| — | French Polynesia | — | — | |
| — | Gibraltar | — | — | |
| — | Greenland | — | — | |
| — | Guam | — | — | |
| — | Guinea-Bissau | — | — | |
| — | Iraq | — | — | |
| — | Isle of Man | — | — | |
| — | North Korea | — | — | |
| — | Kosovo | — | — | |
| — | Libya | — | — | |
| — | Liechtenstein | — | — | |
| — | Montenegro | — | — | |
| — | New Caledonia | — | — | |
| — | North Macedonia | — | — | |
| — | Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | |
| — | Saint-Martin | — | — | |
| — | Sudan | — | — | |
| — | Syria | — | — | |
| — | Venezuela | — | — | |
| — | United States Virgin Islands | — | — | |
| — | Yemen | — | — |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)