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Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure) by country

% of government expenditure · 60 countries ranked · 2025

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Rank 1 = highest value; “better” is not defined for this indicator.25 of 60
  1. 1KenyaWorld rank 1st of 60
    up +0.6 pts
  2. 2NamibiaWorld rank 2nd of 60
    down −0.5 pts
  3. 3BhutanWorld rank 3rd of 60
    up +5.0 pts
  4. 4SenegalWorld rank 4th of 60
  5. 5Dominican RepublicWorld rank 5th of 60
    down −1.0 pts
  6. 6Sierra LeoneWorld rank 6th of 60
    up +0.6 pts
  7. 7EswatiniWorld rank 7th of 60
    down −0.1 pts
  8. 8South AfricaWorld rank 8th of 60
    up +0.6 pts
  9. 9BeninWorld rank 9th of 60
    up +0.1 pts
  10. 10ZimbabweWorld rank 10th of 60
    up +1.6 pts
  11. 11TunisiaWorld rank 11th of 60
    down −0.5 pts
  12. 12GuatemalaWorld rank 12th of 60
    down −5.7 pts
  13. 13TuvaluWorld rank 13th of 60
    down −0.2 pts
  14. 14Puerto RicoWorld rank 14th of 60
    down −1.2 pts
  15. 15El SalvadorWorld rank 15th of 60
    up +5.3 pts
  16. 16AlgeriaWorld rank 16th of 60
    down −8.3 pts
  17. 17EcuadorWorld rank 17th of 60
    up +5.8 pts
  18. 18PhilippinesWorld rank 18th of 60
    down −1.4 pts
  19. 19North KoreaWorld rank 19th of 60
    up +0.9 pts
  20. 20ZambiaWorld rank 20th of 60
    down −0.9 pts
  21. 21GambiaWorld rank 21st of 60
    down −0.9 pts
  22. 22BarbadosWorld rank 22nd of 60
    up +2.3 pts
  23. 23RwandaWorld rank 23rd of 60
    down −0.3 pts
  24. 24KuwaitWorld rank 24th of 60
    up +1.2 pts
  25. 25FijiWorld rank 25th of 60
    down −0.9 pts

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Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure), 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure), 2025World map of Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure) (2025) for 60 countries, from 4.3 % to 28.5 %.Fiji: 13.8 %Tanzania: —W. Sahara: —Canada: —United States: —Kazakhstan: —Uzbekistan: —Papua New Guinea: —Indonesia: 10.6 %Argentina: —Chile: —DR Congo: —Somalia: 8.1 %Kenya: 28.5 %Sudan: —Chad: —Haiti: 13.2 %Dominican Republic: 20.9 %Russia: —Bahamas: 10.6 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: —Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 4.3 %South Africa: 19.1 %Lesotho: —Mexico: —Uruguay: —Brazil: —Bolivia: —Peru: —Colombia: —Panama: —Costa Rica: —Nicaragua: —Honduras: —El Salvador: 15.9 %Guatemala: 17.3 %Belize: —Venezuela: —Guyana: 7.2 %Suriname: —France: —Ecuador: 15.5 %Puerto Rico: 16.0 %Jamaica: —Cuba: —Zimbabwe: 17.9 %Botswana: —Namibia: 24.6 %Senegal: 20.9 %Mali: —Mauritania: —Benin: 18.0 %Niger: —Nigeria: —Cameroon: —Togo: —Ghana: —Côte d'Ivoire: —Guinea: 9.2 %Guinea-Bissau: —Liberia: —Sierra Leone: 20.5 %Burkina Faso: —Central African Republic: —Republic of the Congo: —Gabon: —Equatorial Guinea: —Zambia: 14.5 %Malawi: —Mozambique: —Eswatini: 19.2 %Angola: 6.5 %Burundi: 10.3 %Israel: —Lebanon: 8.6 %Madagascar: —Palestine: —Gambia: 14.2 %Tunisia: 17.3 %Algeria: 15.5 %Jordan: —United Arab Emirates: —Qatar: —Kuwait: 13.8 %Iraq: —Oman: —Vanuatu: —Cambodia: 11.6 %Thailand: 12.6 %Laos: —Myanmar: —Vietnam: —North Korea: 14.6 %South Korea: —Mongolia: —India: —Bangladesh: 11.9 %Bhutan: 22.2 %Nepal: 10.8 %Pakistan: —Afghanistan: —Tajikistan: —Kyrgyzstan: —Turkmenistan: —Iran: —Syria: —Armenia: 8.7 %Sweden: —Belarus: —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: 11.9 %Georgia: —Philippines: 15.2 %Malaysia: —Brunei: —Slovenia: —Finland: —Slovakia: —Czechia: —Eritrea: —Japan: —Paraguay: 11.7 %Yemen: —Saudi Arabia: —N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: —Morocco: —Egypt: —Libya: —Ethiopia: —Djibouti: —Somaliland: —Uganda: —Rwanda: 13.9 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: —North Macedonia: —Serbia: —Montenegro: —Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 12.6 %South Sudan: —
  • 4.3 % – 8.7 %
  • 8.7 % – 10.9 %
  • 10.9 % – 12.4 %
  • 12.4 % – 14.3 %
  • 14.3 % – 17.4 %
  • 17.4 % – 28.5 %
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Rank over time

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

KenyaNamibiaBhutan
Rank over timeRank by year for Kenya, Namibia, Bhutan, 1981–2025.1990200020102020120406080100RankKenya · 1Namibia · 2Bhutan · 3

Rank by year for Kenya, Namibia, Bhutan, 1981–2025.