Education

Public spending on education

Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP.

Year

Highest · 2022

Kiribati

14.8%

Coverage · 2022

158

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2022

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#	Country	Value
1	Kiribati	14.8%
2	Tuvalu	13.8%
3	Vanuatu	10.7%
4	Namibia	9.4%
5	Solomon Islands	8.5%
6	Cuba	8.4%
7	Marshall Islands	7.7%
8	Bolivia	7.6%
9	Bhutan	7.5%
10	Sweden	7.3%
11	Iceland	7.3%
12	Kyrgyzstan	7.2%
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.1%
14	Tunisia	6.8%
15	Kuwait	6.6%
16	Finland	6.4%
17	Denmark	6.4%
18	Belgium	6.3%
19	Samoa	6.2%
20	South Africa	6.2%
21	Moldova	6.1%
22	Macao	6.1%
23	Dominica	6.0%
24	Mozambique	6.0%
25	Senegal	6.0%
26	Israel	5.9%
27	Nauru	5.9%
28	Morocco	5.9%
29	Brazil	5.6%
30	Eswatini	5.6%
31	Costa Rica	5.5%
32	Norway	5.4%
33	South Korea	5.4%
34	Tajikistan	5.4%
35	Jamaica	5.4%
36	France	5.3%
37	Tonga	5.3%
38	Burkina Faso	5.3%
39	Slovenia	5.3%
40	Austria	5.3%
41	Germany	5.2%
42	Uzbekistan	5.2%
43	Estonia	5.2%
44	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.2%
45	Netherlands	5.2%
46	New Zealand	5.2%
47	Australia	5.1%
48	Chile	4.9%
49	Sierra Leone	4.9%
50	Switzerland	4.9%
51	Canada	4.8%
52	Mauritius	4.8%
53	Argentina	4.8%
54	Algeria	4.7%
55	Rwanda	4.7%
56	Cyprus	4.7%
57	Cabo Verde	4.7%
58	Malta	4.7%
59	Maldives	4.7%
60	Slovakia	4.7%
61	Saint Lucia	4.6%
62	Belarus	4.6%
63	Belize	4.6%
64	Spain	4.6%
65	Portugal	4.6%
66	Kenya	4.5%
67	Bulgaria	4.5%
68	Honduras	4.5%
69	Uruguay	4.5%
70	Oman	4.4%
71	Kazakhstan	4.4%
72	Latvia	4.3%
73	Poland	4.3%
74	Czechia	4.3%
75	Lithuania	4.3%
76	Barbados	4.1%
77	Nepal	4.1%
78	India	4.1%
79	Italy	4.1%
80	Mexico	4.1%
81	Russia	4.1%
82	Mali	4.0%
83	Grenada	4.0%
84	Fiji	3.9%
85	Puerto Rico	3.9%
86	Peru	3.8%
87	Hungary	3.8%
88	Nicaragua	3.8%
89	Togo	3.8%
90	Georgia	3.8%
91	Luxembourg	3.7%
92	Ethiopia	3.7%
93	Hong Kong	3.7%
94	Niger	3.7%
95	Zambia	3.7%
96	Seychelles	3.7%
97	Ecuador	3.6%
98	Dominican Republic	3.6%
99	Turkmenistan	3.6%
100	Philippines	3.6%
101	Palau	3.6%
102	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.6%
103	Malaysia	3.5%
104	Côte d'Ivoire	3.5%
105	Suriname	3.4%
106	Paraguay	3.4%
107	Panama	3.4%
108	Greece	3.4%
109	Romania	3.3%
110	El Salvador	3.3%
111	Tanzania	3.2%
112	Guatemala	3.2%
113	Jordan	3.2%
114	Benin	3.1%
115	Turkey	3.1%
116	Serbia	3.1%
117	Madagascar	3.1%
118	Azerbaijan	3.0%
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.0%
120	Ghana	2.9%
121	San Marino	2.9%
122	Gambia	2.9%
123	Vietnam	2.9%
124	DR Congo	2.8%
125	Trinidad and Tobago	2.8%
126	Malawi	2.7%
127	Albania	2.7%
128	Congo	2.7%
129	Iran	2.7%
130	Cameroon	2.7%
131	Andorra	2.6%
132	Bahamas	2.6%
133	Thailand	2.6%
134	Chad	2.6%
135	Uganda	2.6%
136	Antigua and Barbuda	2.5%
137	Armenia	2.5%
138	Singapore	2.5%
139	Comoros	2.4%
140	Angola	2.4%
141	Liberia	2.3%
142	Gabon	2.2%
143	Central African Republic	2.1%
144	Bangladesh	2.1%
145	Guinea	2.0%
146	Pakistan	2.0%
147	Cambodia	2.0%
148	Bahrain	1.7%
149	Laos	1.5%
150	Mauritania	1.4%
151	Lebanon	1.3%
152	Sri Lanka	1.2%
153	Monaco	1.2%
154	Haiti	1.0%
155	Indonesia	0.9%
156	Papua New Guinea	0.6%
157	Nigeria	0.3%
158	Somalia	0.0%

Source: World Bank — Public spending on education · Unit: % of GDP · Year: 2022 · 158 entries