Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP
General government spending on education, including current, capital and transfer spending, as a percentage of GDP.
Highest in 2022
14.8%
Kiribati
Lowest in 2022
0.0%
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Euro area, 2022
4.7%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2022
164
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
164 countries have a value for 2022, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.6% | – | 3.9% | – |
| 2022 | 3.9% | – | – | 4.1% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | 5.4% | – | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 4.3% | 5.4% | – | 4.3% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | 5.0% | – | 3.9% |
| 2018 | 4.2% | 4.9% | – | 4.4% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | 5.1% | – | 4.3% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | 4.8% | – | 4.3% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | 4.9% | – | 4.1% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | – | – | 3.9% |
| 2013 | 4.3% | – | – | 3.8% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | – | – | 3.9% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | – | – | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | – | – | 3.4% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | – | – | 3.3% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | – | – | – |
| 2007 | 4.0% | – | – | – |
| 2006 | 4.0% | – | – | 3.1% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | – | – | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | – | – | 3.4% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | – | – | 3.6% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | – | – | – |
| 2001 | 3.9% | – | – | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 164 countries with a value for 2022, the highest is Kiribati (14.8%) and the lowest Somalia, Fed. Rep. (0.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 4.1% and half below.
- From 2021 to 2022 the value rose in 7 countries and fell in 38.
- The figure for the world was 3.9% in 2022, against 4.1% in 2017 (−0.2 percentage points).
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All countries in 2022 Every value is for 2022, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 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 Curaçao 6.1%
- 23 Macao SAR, China 6.1%
- 24 Dominica 6.0%
- 25 Mozambique 6.0%
- 26 Senegal 6.0%
- 27 Israel 5.9%
- 28 Naoero 5.9%
- 29 Morocco 5.9%
- 30 Brazil 5.6%
- 31 Eswatini 5.6%
- 32 Costa Rica 5.5%
- 33 Norway 5.4%
- 34 South Korea 5.4%
- 35 Tajikistan 5.4%
- 36 Jamaica 5.4%
- 37 France 5.3%
- 38 Tonga 5.3%
- 39 Burkina Faso 5.3%
- 40 Slovenia 5.3%
- 41 Austria 5.3%
- 42 Germany 5.2%
- 43 Uzbekistan 5.2%
- 44 Estonia 5.2%
- 45 São Tomé and Príncipe 5.2%
- 46 Netherlands 5.2%
- 47 New Zealand 5.2%
- 48 Australia 5.1%
- 49 Chile 4.9%
- 50 Sierra Leone 4.9%
- 51 Switzerland 4.9%
- 52 Canada 4.8%
- 53 Mauritius 4.8%
- 54 Argentina 4.8%
- 55 Algeria 4.7%
- 56 Rwanda 4.7%
- 57 Cyprus 4.7%
- 58 Cabo Verde 4.7%
- 59 Malta 4.7%
- 60 Maldives 4.7%
- 61 Slovakia 4.7%
- 62 Saint Lucia 4.6%
- 63 Belarus 4.6%
- 64 Belize 4.6%
- 65 Spain 4.6%
- 66 Portugal 4.6%
- 67 Kenya 4.5%
- 68 Bulgaria 4.5%
- 69 Honduras 4.5%
- 70 Uruguay 4.5%
- 71 Oman 4.4%
- 72 Kazakhstan 4.4%
- 73 Latvia 4.3%
- 74 Poland 4.3%
- 75 Czechia 4.3%
- 76 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 4.3%
- 77 Lithuania 4.3%
- 78 Barbados 4.1%
- 79 Nepal 4.1%
- 80 India 4.1%
- 81 Italy 4.1%
- 82 Mexico 4.1%
- 83 Russia 4.1%
- 84 Mali 4.0%
- 85 Grenada 4.0%
- 86 Fiji 3.9%
- 87 Puerto Rico (US) 3.9%
- 88 Peru 3.8%
- 89 Hungary 3.8%
- 90 Nicaragua 3.8%
- 91 Togo 3.8%
- 92 Georgia 3.8%
- 93 Luxembourg 3.7%
- 94 Ethiopia 3.7%
- 95 Hong Kong SAR, China 3.7%
- 96 Niger 3.7%
- 97 Zambia 3.7%
- 98 Seychelles 3.7%
- 99 Ecuador 3.6%
- 100 Dominican Republic 3.6%
- 101 Turkmenistan 3.6%
- 102 Philippines 3.6%
- 103 Palau 3.6%
- 104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.6%
- 105 Malaysia 3.5%
- 106 Côte d'Ivoire 3.5%
- 107 Suriname 3.4%
- 108 Paraguay 3.4%
- 109 Panama 3.4%
- 110 Greece 3.4%
- 111 Romania 3.3%
- 112 El Salvador 3.3%
- 113 Tanzania 3.2%
- 114 Guatemala 3.2%
- 115 Jordan 3.2%
- 116 Benin 3.1%
- 117 Türkiye 3.1%
- 118 Serbia 3.1%
- 119 Madagascar 3.1%
- 120 Azerbaijan 3.0%
- 121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.0%
- 122 Ghana 2.9%
- 123 San Marino 2.9%
- 124 Gambia 2.9%
- 125 Viet Nam 2.9%
- 126 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.8%
- 127 Trinidad and Tobago 2.8%
- 128 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.8%
- 129 Malawi 2.7%
- 130 Albania 2.7%
- 131 Republic of the Congo 2.7%
- 132 Iran 2.7%
- 133 Cameroon 2.7%
- 134 Andorra 2.6%
- 135 Bahamas 2.6%
- 136 Thailand 2.6%
- 137 Chad 2.6%
- 138 Uganda 2.6%
- 139 Antigua and Barbuda 2.5%
- 140 Armenia 2.5%
- 141 British Virgin Islands 2.5%
- 142 Singapore 2.5%
- 143 Comoros 2.4%
- 144 Angola 2.4%
- 145 Liberia 2.3%
- 146 Gabon 2.2%
- 147 Central African Republic 2.1%
- 148 Bangladesh 2.1%
- 149 Guinea 2.0%
- 150 Pakistan 2.0%
- 151 Cambodia 2.0%
- 152 Bermuda 1.8%
- 153 Bahrain 1.7%
- 154 Cayman Islands 1.5%
- 155 Laos 1.5%
- 156 Mauritania 1.4%
- 157 Lebanon 1.3%
- 158 Sri Lanka 1.2%
- 159 Monaco 1.2%
- 160 Haiti 1.0%
- 161 Indonesia 0.9%
- 162 Papua New Guinea 0.6%
- 163 Nigeria 0.3%
- 164 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.0%
- East Asia and Pacific 2.9%
- Euro area 4.7%
- Europe and Central Asia 4.6%
- European Union 4.7%
- Latin America and Caribbean 3.9%
- Middle East and North Africa 4.4%
- North America 4.8%
- OECD members 5.1%
- South Asia 3.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 3.1%
- World 3.9%
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