Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Kiribati has the highest government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) (16.39% in 2023) and Nigeria the lowest (0.32% in 2023). The world figure is 3.57% (2023).
What this measures
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries).
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 16.39% | 2023 |
| 2 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 11.56% | 2020 |
| 3 | Namibia | 9.08% | 2024 |
| 4 | Algeria | 8.98% | 2024 |
| 5 | Cuba | 8.44% | 2022 |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 8.29% | 2023 |
| 7 | Botswana | 8.06% | 2020 |
| 8 | Vanuatu | 7.64% | 2024 |
| 9 | Mauritania | 7.61% | 2024 |
| 10 | Bolivia | 7.54% | 2024 |
| 11 | Sweden | 7.32% | 2022 |
| 12 | Iceland | 7.31% | 2022 |
| 13 | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.83% | 2023 |
| 14 | Tunisia | 6.73% | 2023 |
| 15 | Lesotho | 6.62% | 2024 |
| 16 | Moldova | 6.56% | 2023 |
| 17 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.46% | 2023 |
| 18 | Kuwait | 6.44% | 2024 |
| 19 | Finland | 6.38% | 2022 |
| 20 | Denmark | 6.36% | 2022 |
| 21 | Belgium | 6.28% | 2022 |
| 22 | Senegal | 6.16% | 2023 |
| 23 | Eswatini | 6.03% | 2024 |
| 24 | South Africa | 6.02% | 2024 |
| 25 | Morocco | 6.02% | 2023 |
| 26 | Mozambique | 5.98% | 2022 |
| 27 | Israel | 5.93% | 2022 |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 5.91% | 2021 |
| 29 | Bhutan | 5.85% | 2023 |
| 30 | Naoero | 5.78% | 2023 |
| 31 | Brazil | 5.62% | 2022 |
| 32 | Jamaica | 5.51% | 2024 |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 5.47% | 2023 |
| 34 | Samoa | 5.46% | 2024 |
| 35 | Curaçao | 5.44% | 2024 |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 5.44% | 2023 |
| 37 | Norway | 5.43% | 2022 |
| 38 | Korea, Rep. | 5.41% | 2022 |
| 39 | Dominica | 5.39% | 2024 |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 5.33% | 2023 |
| 41 | France | 5.32% | 2022 |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 5.31% | 2023 |
| 43 | Tonga | 5.31% | 2022 |
| 44 | Slovenia | 5.28% | 2022 |
| 45 | Austria | 5.28% | 2022 |
| 46 | Colombia | 5.26% | 2020 |
| 47 | Timor-Leste | 5.24% | 2023 |
| 48 | Germany | 5.24% | 2022 |
| 49 | New Zealand | 5.21% | 2023 |
| 50 | Mongolia | 5.21% | 2024 |
| 51 | Estonia | 5.21% | 2022 |
| 52 | Netherlands | 5.18% | 2022 |
| 53 | Maldives | 5.17% | 2023 |
| 54 | Ukraine | 5.14% | 2021 |
| 55 | Grenada | 5.13% | 2023 |
| 56 | Australia | 5.06% | 2022 |
| 57 | Belarus | 5.05% | 2024 |
| 58 | São Tomé and Principe | 5.03% | 2023 |
| 59 | Argentina | 5% | 2023 |
| 60 | Chile | 4.91% | 2022 |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 4.86% | 2023 |
| 62 | Switzerland | 4.86% | 2022 |
| 63 | Canada | 4.84% | 2022 |
| 64 | Uruguay | 4.76% | 2023 |
| 65 | Cyprus | 4.74% | 2022 |
| 66 | Malta | 4.71% | 2022 |
| 67 | Slovak Republic | 4.66% | 2022 |
| 68 | Belize | 4.62% | 2024 |
| 69 | Rwanda | 4.61% | 2024 |
| 70 | Spain | 4.59% | 2022 |
| 71 | Portugal | 4.55% | 2022 |
| 72 | Honduras | 4.55% | 2023 |
| 73 | Burundi | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 4.5% | 2022 |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 4.48% | 2023 |
| 76 | Seychelles | 4.45% | 2023 |
| 77 | Guyana | 4.45% | 2018 |
| 78 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.43% | 2016 |
| 79 | Oman | 4.38% | 2022 |
| 80 | Peru | 4.36% | 2024 |
| 81 | Cabo Verde | 4.35% | 2023 |
| 82 | Latvia | 4.32% | 2022 |
| 83 | Poland | 4.31% | 2022 |
| 84 | Czechia | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 85 | Puerto Rico (US) | 4.27% | 2024 |
| 86 | Lithuania | 4.25% | 2022 |
| 87 | Mauritius | 4.25% | 2024 |
| 88 | Fiji | 4.25% | 2023 |
| 89 | Mali | 4.18% | 2023 |
| 90 | Russian Federation | 4.16% | 2023 |
| 91 | Togo | 4.14% | 2023 |
| 92 | India | 4.1% | 2022 |
| 93 | Croatia | 4.09% | 2021 |
| 94 | Niger | 4.07% | 2023 |
| 95 | Zambia | 4.07% | 2023 |
| 96 | Italy | 4.07% | 2022 |
| 97 | Mexico | 4.06% | 2022 |
| 98 | Kenya | 4.02% | 2024 |
| 99 | Georgia | 3.98% | 2024 |
| 100 | Philippines | 3.97% | 2025 |
| 101 | China | 3.9% | 2023 |
| 102 | St. Lucia | 3.85% | 2024 |
| 103 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.81% | 2024 |
| 104 | Hungary | 3.8% | 2022 |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 3.76% | 2023 |
| 106 | Djibouti | 3.75% | 2018 |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 3.74% | 2022 |
| 108 | Ecuador | 3.69% | 2024 |
| 109 | Nepal | 3.69% | 2024 |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 3.66% | 2023 |
| 111 | Aruba | 3.62% | 2021 |
| 112 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.61% | 2024 |
| 113 | Barbados | 3.56% | 2024 |
| 114 | Paraguay | 3.53% | 2024 |
| 115 | Malaysia | 3.51% | 2023 |
| 116 | Macao SAR, China | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 117 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 118 | Serbia | 3.4% | 2023 |
| 119 | Greece | 3.38% | 2022 |
| 120 | Congo, Rep. | 3.34% | 2023 |
| 121 | Japan | 3.34% | 2021 |
| 122 | El Salvador | 3.32% | 2024 |
| 123 | Romania | 3.28% | 2022 |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.25% | 2023 |
| 125 | Qatar | 3.23% | 2020 |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.23% | 2023 |
| 127 | Jordan | 3.23% | 2024 |
| 128 | Benin | 3.23% | 2023 |
| 129 | Chad | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 130 | British Virgin Islands | 3.17% | 2023 |
| 131 | Tanzania | 3.16% | 2024 |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.11% | 2023 |
| 133 | Türkiye | 3.1% | 2022 |
| 134 | Albania | 3.09% | 2023 |
| 135 | Guatemala | 3.08% | 2024 |
| 136 | Madagascar | 3.05% | 2023 |
| 137 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.95% | 2024 |
| 138 | Ghana | 2.91% | 2022 |
| 139 | Ireland | 2.9% | 2021 |
| 140 | San Marino | 2.9% | 2022 |
| 141 | Viet Nam | 2.89% | 2022 |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 2.87% | 2023 |
| 143 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 2.84% | 2022 |
| 144 | Cameroon | 2.84% | 2023 |
| 145 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 2.82% | 2023 |
| 146 | Gambia, The | 2.81% | 2023 |
| 147 | Malawi | 2.75% | 2022 |
| 148 | Bahamas, The | 2.74% | 2023 |
| 149 | Sierra Leone | 2.62% | 2023 |
| 150 | Uganda | 2.56% | 2022 |
| 151 | Thailand | 2.52% | 2023 |
| 152 | Angola | 2.51% | 2023 |
| 153 | Panama | 2.47% | 2023 |
| 154 | Armenia | 2.44% | 2023 |
| 155 | Comoros | 2.34% | 2023 |
| 156 | Gabon | 2.32% | 2023 |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 2.3% | 2024 |
| 158 | Liberia | 2.27% | 2023 |
| 159 | Singapore | 2.19% | 2024 |
| 160 | Cambodia | 2.18% | 2023 |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 2.03% | 2024 |
| 162 | Myanmar | 2% | 2019 |
| 163 | Pakistan | 1.95% | 2023 |
| 164 | Andorra | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 165 | Bahrain | 1.89% | 2023 |
| 166 | Bermuda | 1.87% | 2023 |
| 167 | Central African Republic | 1.83% | 2023 |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 1.83% | 2023 |
| 169 | Monaco | 1.73% | 2023 |
| 170 | Guinea | 1.72% | 2023 |
| 171 | Indonesia | 1.28% | 2023 |
| 172 | Lao PDR | 1.23% | 2023 |
| 173 | Lebanon | 1.22% | 2024 |
| 174 | Haiti | 0.96% | 2023 |
| 175 | Papua New Guinea | 0.78% | 2023 |
| 176 | Nigeria | 0.32% | 2023 |
Regions and income groups
More education indicators
- Literacy rate, youth female (% of females ages 15-24)
- Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index (GPI)
- Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
- Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
- Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
- Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
- Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
- Compulsory education, duration (years)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
- School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
- School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
- School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS, CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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