Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Mauritania has the highest government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) (31.89% in 2024) and Nigeria the lowest (2.98% in 2024). The world figure is 13.96% (2023).
What this measures
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Limitations: Data on government expenditure on education may refer to spending by the ministry of education only (excluding spending on educational activities by other ministries). In addition, definitions and methods of data on total general government expenditure may differ across countries.
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 | Mauritania | 31.89% | 2024 |
| 2 | Kenya | 28.54% | 2025 |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 25.23% | 2024 |
| 4 | Namibia | 24.58% | 2025 |
| 5 | Morocco | 23.28% | 2024 |
| 6 | Bhutan | 22.22% | 2025 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 22.07% | 2024 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 21.96% | 2024 |
| 9 | Botswana | 21.47% | 2020 |
| 10 | Senegal | 20.91% | 2025 |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 20.87% | 2025 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 20.55% | 2025 |
| 13 | Mozambique | 20.45% | 2021 |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 20.38% | 2023 |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 20.3% | 2023 |
| 16 | Bolivia | 20.16% | 2024 |
| 17 | Kiribati | 20.12% | 2024 |
| 18 | Kyrgyz Republic | 19.65% | 2024 |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 19.31% | 2024 |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 19.26% | 2024 |
| 21 | Eswatini | 19.21% | 2025 |
| 22 | Peru | 19.21% | 2024 |
| 23 | South Africa | 19.14% | 2025 |
| 24 | Belize | 18.9% | 2024 |
| 25 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 18.82% | 2022 |
| 26 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 18.61% | 2020 |
| 27 | Chile | 18.38% | 2022 |
| 28 | São Tomé and Principe | 18.09% | 2024 |
| 29 | Benin | 18.02% | 2025 |
| 30 | Madagascar | 17.95% | 2019 |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 17.9% | 2025 |
| 32 | Jamaica | 17.87% | 2024 |
| 33 | Mali | 17.82% | 2024 |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.62% | 2024 |
| 35 | Tunisia | 17.28% | 2025 |
| 36 | Guatemala | 17.27% | 2025 |
| 37 | Cuba | 16.96% | 2022 |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 16.7% | 2024 |
| 39 | Chad | 16.48% | 2023 |
| 40 | Curaçao | 16.44% | 2024 |
| 41 | Panama | 16.28% | 2024 |
| 42 | Israel | 16.07% | 2022 |
| 43 | Malawi | 16% | 2024 |
| 44 | Moldova | 15.96% | 2024 |
| 45 | Puerto Rico (US) | 15.96% | 2025 |
| 46 | El Salvador | 15.89% | 2025 |
| 47 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 15.74% | 2024 |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 15.66% | 2017 |
| 49 | Iceland | 15.66% | 2022 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 15.64% | 2024 |
| 51 | Uruguay | 15.61% | 2023 |
| 52 | Algeria | 15.54% | 2025 |
| 53 | Ecuador | 15.49% | 2025 |
| 54 | Viet Nam | 15.45% | 2022 |
| 55 | Switzerland | 15.42% | 2022 |
| 56 | Sweden | 15.28% | 2022 |
| 57 | Philippines | 15.2% | 2025 |
| 58 | Congo, Rep. | 14.73% | 2023 |
| 59 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 14.63% | 2025 |
| 60 | Zambia | 14.51% | 2025 |
| 61 | Djibouti | 14.47% | 2018 |
| 62 | Norway | 14.47% | 2022 |
| 63 | Russian Federation | 14.34% | 2018 |
| 64 | Mexico | 14.24% | 2022 |
| 65 | Gambia, The | 14.21% | 2025 |
| 66 | Mauritius | 14.19% | 2024 |
| 67 | Barbados | 14.19% | 2025 |
| 68 | Oman | 14.18% | 2022 |
| 69 | Denmark | 14.16% | 2022 |
| 70 | India | 14.16% | 2022 |
| 71 | Malaysia | 14.1% | 2023 |
| 72 | Rwanda | 13.93% | 2025 |
| 73 | Kuwait | 13.85% | 2025 |
| 74 | Cameroon | 13.83% | 2024 |
| 75 | Fiji | 13.79% | 2025 |
| 76 | Mongolia | 13.78% | 2024 |
| 77 | British Virgin Islands | 13.59% | 2025 |
| 78 | Gabon | 13.57% | 2023 |
| 79 | Cabo Verde | 13.41% | 2024 |
| 80 | Tanzania | 13.41% | 2024 |
| 81 | Argentina | 13.22% | 2023 |
| 82 | Ghana | 13.18% | 2022 |
| 83 | Haiti | 13.18% | 2025 |
| 84 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 13.15% | 2017 |
| 85 | Estonia | 13.03% | 2022 |
| 86 | San Marino | 12.99% | 2023 |
| 87 | Brazil | 12.93% | 2022 |
| 88 | Niger | 12.81% | 2023 |
| 89 | St. Lucia | 12.75% | 2025 |
| 90 | New Zealand | 12.73% | 2023 |
| 91 | Ukraine | 12.7% | 2021 |
| 92 | Australia | 12.64% | 2022 |
| 93 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.63% | 2024 |
| 94 | Thailand | 12.62% | 2025 |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.57% | 2025 |
| 96 | Malta | 12.5% | 2022 |
| 97 | Cyprus | 12.48% | 2022 |
| 98 | Belarus | 12.34% | 2024 |
| 99 | Ireland | 12.33% | 2021 |
| 100 | Macao SAR, China | 12.27% | 2022 |
| 101 | Georgia | 12.21% | 2024 |
| 102 | Andorra | 12.13% | 2025 |
| 103 | Finland | 12.11% | 2022 |
| 104 | Belgium | 12.01% | 2022 |
| 105 | Singapore | 11.99% | 2025 |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 11.98% | 2022 |
| 107 | Netherlands | 11.97% | 2022 |
| 108 | Azerbaijan | 11.92% | 2025 |
| 109 | China | 11.91% | 2023 |
| 110 | Bangladesh | 11.88% | 2025 |
| 111 | United Kingdom | 11.82% | 2021 |
| 112 | Lithuania | 11.73% | 2022 |
| 113 | Samoa | 11.71% | 2025 |
| 114 | Paraguay | 11.65% | 2025 |
| 115 | Togo | 11.65% | 2024 |
| 116 | Cambodia | 11.55% | 2025 |
| 117 | Comoros | 11.53% | 2025 |
| 118 | Grenada | 11.45% | 2025 |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | 11.44% | 2016 |
| 120 | Marshall Islands | 11.35% | 2022 |
| 121 | Türkiye | 11.33% | 2022 |
| 122 | Slovenia | 11.08% | 2022 |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 11.01% | 2024 |
| 124 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 11% | 2025 |
| 125 | Aruba | 10.96% | 2021 |
| 126 | Albania | 10.86% | 2023 |
| 127 | Slovak Republic | 10.83% | 2022 |
| 128 | Nepal | 10.75% | 2025 |
| 129 | Seychelles | 10.69% | 2025 |
| 130 | Germany | 10.68% | 2022 |
| 131 | Canada | 10.65% | 2022 |
| 132 | Bahamas, The | 10.62% | 2025 |
| 133 | Indonesia | 10.56% | 2025 |
| 134 | Portugal | 10.37% | 2022 |
| 135 | Lesotho | 10.37% | 2024 |
| 136 | Burundi | 10.29% | 2025 |
| 137 | Venezuela, RB | 10.25% | 2024 |
| 138 | Czechia | 10.01% | 2022 |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 9.99% | 2023 |
| 140 | Poland | 9.97% | 2022 |
| 141 | Austria | 9.96% | 2022 |
| 142 | Latvia | 9.92% | 2022 |
| 143 | Spain | 9.88% | 2022 |
| 144 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 9.81% | 2025 |
| 145 | Jordan | 9.79% | 2024 |
| 146 | Pakistan | 9.76% | 2023 |
| 147 | Maldives | 9.65% | 2025 |
| 148 | Tonga | 9.33% | 2024 |
| 149 | Qatar | 9.32% | 2020 |
| 150 | Guinea | 9.2% | 2025 |
| 151 | France | 9.12% | 2022 |
| 152 | Romania | 8.78% | 2022 |
| 153 | Armenia | 8.71% | 2025 |
| 154 | Lebanon | 8.59% | 2025 |
| 155 | Gibraltar | 8.55% | 2025 |
| 156 | Suriname | 8.55% | 2024 |
| 157 | Croatia | 8.5% | 2021 |
| 158 | Uganda | 8.48% | 2022 |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 8.45% | 2022 |
| 160 | Serbia | 8.38% | 2023 |
| 161 | Bahrain | 8.34% | 2025 |
| 162 | Lao PDR | 8.24% | 2024 |
| 163 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 8.13% | 2025 |
| 164 | Hungary | 7.8% | 2022 |
| 165 | Monaco | 7.73% | 2023 |
| 166 | Italy | 7.41% | 2022 |
| 167 | Guyana | 7.24% | 2025 |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 7.22% | 2024 |
| 169 | Naoero | 6.65% | 2025 |
| 170 | Angola | 6.52% | 2025 |
| 171 | Greece | 6.39% | 2022 |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.87% | 2025 |
| 173 | Dominica | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 174 | Timor-Leste | 4.33% | 2025 |
| 175 | Nigeria | 2.98% | 2024 |
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.GB.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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