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Education spending by country

Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · % of GDP · 40 countries ranked · 2024

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  1. 1NamibiaWorld rank 1st of 40
  2. 2AlgeriaWorld rank 2nd of 40
    up +3.4 pts
  3. 3VanuatuWorld rank 3rd of 40
    up +0.1 pts
  4. 4MauritaniaWorld rank 4th of 40
    up +2.9 pts
  5. 5BoliviaWorld rank 5th of 40
    down −0.4 pts
  6. 6LesothoWorld rank 6th of 40
    down −0.7 pts
  7. 7KuwaitWorld rank 7th of 40
    up +1.4 pts
  8. 8EswatiniWorld rank 8th of 40
    up +1.0 pts
  9. 9South AfricaWorld rank 9th of 40
    down −0.1 pts
  10. 10JamaicaWorld rank 10th of 40
    down −0.1 pts
  11. 11SamoaWorld rank 11th of 40
    down −0.7 pts
  12. 12CuraçaoWorld rank 12th of 40
    up +0.1 pts
  13. 13DominicaWorld rank 13th of 40
    up +0.7 pts
  14. 14MongoliaWorld rank 14th of 40
    up +1.6 pts
  15. 15BelarusWorld rank 15th of 40
    up +0.1 pts
  16. 16BelizeWorld rank 16th of 40
    up +0.4 pts
  17. 17RwandaWorld rank 17th of 40
    down −0.3 pts
  18. 18PeruWorld rank 18th of 40
    up +0.1 pts
  19. 19TurkmenistanWorld rank 19th of 40
    up +1.6 pts
  20. 20Puerto RicoWorld rank 20th of 40
    up +0.0 pts
  21. 21MauritiusWorld rank 21st of 40
    down −0.3 pts
  22. 22KenyaWorld rank 22nd of 40
    up +0.1 pts
  23. 23GeorgiaWorld rank 23rd of 40
    up +0.3 pts
  24. 24PhilippinesWorld rank 24th of 40
    up +0.3 pts
  25. 25Saint LuciaWorld rank 25th of 40
    up +1.1 pts

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Education spending, 2024. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Government expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2024World map of Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) (2024) for 40 countries, from 1.2 % to 9.1 %.Fiji: —Tanzania: 3.2 %W. Sahara: —Canada: —United States: —Kazakhstan: —Uzbekistan: —Papua New Guinea: —Indonesia: —Argentina: —Chile: —DR Congo: —Somalia: —Kenya: 4.0 %Sudan: —Chad: —Haiti: —Dominican Republic: —Russia: —Bahamas: —Falkland Is.: —Norway: —Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: —South Africa: 6.0 %Lesotho: 6.6 %Mexico: —Uruguay: —Brazil: —Bolivia: 7.5 %Peru: 4.4 %Colombia: —Panama: —Costa Rica: —Nicaragua: —Honduras: —El Salvador: 3.3 %Guatemala: 3.1 %Belize: 4.6 %Venezuela: —Guyana: —Suriname: —France: —Ecuador: 3.7 %Puerto Rico: 4.3 %Jamaica: 5.5 %Cuba: —Zimbabwe: —Botswana: —Namibia: 9.1 %Senegal: —Mali: —Mauritania: 7.6 %Benin: —Niger: —Nigeria: —Cameroon: —Togo: —Ghana: —Côte d'Ivoire: 3.6 %Guinea: —Guinea-Bissau: —Liberia: —Sierra Leone: —Burkina Faso: —Central African Republic: —Republic of the Congo: —Gabon: —Equatorial Guinea: —Zambia: —Malawi: —Mozambique: —Eswatini: 6.0 %Angola: —Burundi: —Israel: —Lebanon: 1.2 %Madagascar: —Palestine: —Gambia: —Tunisia: —Algeria: 9.0 %Jordan: 3.2 %United Arab Emirates: —Qatar: —Kuwait: 6.4 %Iraq: —Oman: —Vanuatu: 7.6 %Cambodia: —Thailand: —Laos: —Myanmar: —Vietnam: —North Korea: —South Korea: —Mongolia: 5.2 %India: —Bangladesh: 2.0 %Bhutan: —Nepal: 3.7 %Pakistan: —Afghanistan: —Tajikistan: —Kyrgyzstan: —Turkmenistan: 4.3 %Iran: —Syria: —Armenia: —Sweden: —Belarus: 5.0 %Ukraine: —Poland: —Austria: —Hungary: —Moldova: —Romania: —Lithuania: —Latvia: —Estonia: —Germany: —Bulgaria: —Greece: —Türkiye: —Albania: —Croatia: —Switzerland: —Luxembourg: —Belgium: —Netherlands: —Portugal: —Spain: —Ireland: —New Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: —New Zealand: —Australia: —Sri Lanka: —China: —Taiwan: —Italy: —Denmark: —United Kingdom: —Iceland: —Azerbaijan: —Georgia: 4.0 %Philippines: 3.9 %Malaysia: —Brunei: —Slovenia: —Finland: —Slovakia: —Czechia: —Eritrea: —Japan: —Paraguay: 3.5 %Yemen: —Saudi Arabia: —N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: —Morocco: —Egypt: —Libya: —Ethiopia: 2.3 %Djibouti: —Somaliland: —Uganda: —Rwanda: 4.6 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: —North Macedonia: —Serbia: —Montenegro: —Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: —South Sudan: —
  • 1.2 % – 3.2 %
  • 3.2 % – 3.7 %
  • 3.7 % – 4.3 %
  • 4.3 % – 5.2 %
  • 5.2 % – 6.2 %
  • 6.2 % – 9.1 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

NamibiaAlgeriaVanuatu
Rank over timeRank by year for Namibia, Algeria, Vanuatu, 1979–2024.19801990200020102020150100150RankNamibia · 1Algeria · 2Vanuatu · 3

Rank by year for Namibia, Algeria, Vanuatu, 1979–2024.