Education spending as a share of total government expenditure
General government spending on education (current, capital and transfers) as a share of total general government expenditure on all sectors. UIS calculation using government expenditure totals from the IMF.
156 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 total government expenditure. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United States | China | India | Germany |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 11.9% | – | – |
| 2022 | – | – | 14.2% | 10.7% |
| 2021 | 11.3% | – | 14.9% | 10.6% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | – | 16.0% | 10.8% |
| 2019 | 13.3% | – | 14.8% | 11.0% |
| 2018 | 13.1% | – | 16.6% | 10.9% |
| 2017 | 13.9% | – | 15.8% | 10.7% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | – | 15.7% | 10.7% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | – | 15.7% | 10.7% |
| 2014 | – | – | 15.7% | 10.8% |
| 2013 | – | – | 14.1% | 10.7% |
| 2012 | – | – | 14.0% | 10.7% |
| 2011 | – | – | 13.6% | 10.8% |
| 2010 | – | – | 11.8% | 10.4% |
| 2009 | – | – | 11.2% | – |
| 2008 | – | – | – | 10.1% |
| 2006 | – | – | 11.7% | – |
| 2005 | – | – | 11.2% | – |
| 2004 | – | – | 11.2% | – |
| 2003 | – | – | 12.4% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 156 countries with a value for 2022, the highest is Sierra Leone (29.4%) and the lowest Somalia, Fed. Rep. (2.8%).
- Half of the countries are above 12.7% and half below.
- From 2021 to 2022 the value rose in 25 countries and fell in 16.
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- 1 Sierra Leone 29.4%
- 2 Turkmenistan 28.7%
- 3 Solomon Islands 25.8%
- 4 Namibia 24.7%
- 5 Paraguay 24.1%
- 6 Morocco 23.9%
- 7 Kyrgyzstan 23.5%
- 8 Ethiopia 23.0%
- 9 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 22.6%
- 10 Guatemala 22.5%
- 11 Bhutan 22.1%
- 12 Burkina Faso 22.0%
- 13 Uzbekistan 21.9%
- 14 Costa Rica 21.6%
- 15 Bolivia 21.0%
- 16 Vanuatu 20.9%
- 17 Burundi 20.6%
- 18 Malaysia 20.1%
- 19 Kazakhstan 20.1%
- 20 Tunisia 20.0%
- 21 Dominican Republic 19.3%
- 22 Kiribati 18.9%
- 23 South Africa 18.9%
- 24 Iran 18.8%
- 25 Nicaragua 18.5%
- 26 Chile 18.4%
- 27 Tajikistan 18.3%
- 28 Mali 18.2%
- 29 Belize 17.8%
- 30 Gambia 17.1%
- 31 São Tomé and Príncipe 17.1%
- 32 Cuba 17.0%
- 33 Jamaica 16.9%
- 34 Saint Lucia 16.9%
- 35 Chad 16.7%
- 36 Moldova 16.7%
- 37 Eswatini 16.6%
- 38 Senegal 16.5%
- 39 Peru 16.5%
- 40 Puerto Rico (US) 16.4%
- 41 Kenya 16.1%
- 42 Israel 16.1%
- 43 Côte d'Ivoire 15.9%
- 44 Panama 15.8%
- 45 Mauritius 15.7%
- 46 Philippines 15.7%
- 47 Cabo Verde 15.7%
- 48 Iceland 15.7%
- 49 Republic of the Congo 15.5%
- 50 Viet Nam 15.4%
- 51 Switzerland 15.4%
- 52 Sweden 15.3%
- 53 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15.2%
- 54 Singapore 15.1%
- 55 Benin 15.0%
- 56 Uruguay 14.9%
- 57 Thailand 14.6%
- 58 Togo 14.5%
- 59 Norway 14.5%
- 60 Hong Kong SAR, China 14.4%
- 61 Tanzania 14.3%
- 62 Mexico 14.2%
- 63 Oman 14.2%
- 64 Denmark 14.2%
- 65 India 14.2%
- 66 North Korea 13.9%
- 67 Gabon 13.8%
- 68 Samoa 13.6%
- 69 San Marino 13.4%
- 70 Ghana 13.2%
- 71 Georgia 13.2%
- 72 Haiti 13.1%
- 73 Algeria 13.1%
- 74 Estonia 13.0%
- 75 Brazil 12.9%
- 76 Tuvalu 12.9%
- 77 Cameroon 12.8%
- 78 Rwanda 12.8%
- 79 Barbados 12.7%
- 80 Argentina 12.7%
- 81 Fiji 12.6%
- 82 Australia 12.6%
- 83 New Zealand 12.6%
- 84 Malta 12.5%
- 85 Cyprus 12.5%
- 86 Nepal 12.4%
- 87 Bangladesh 12.4%
- 88 Niger 12.4%
- 89 Macao SAR, China 12.3%
- 90 Kuwait 12.3%
- 91 British Virgin Islands 12.2%
- 92 Belarus 12.2%
- 93 Finland 12.1%
- 94 Belgium 12.0%
- 95 Bulgaria 12.0%
- 96 Netherlands 12.0%
- 97 Guinea 11.9%
- 98 Curaçao 11.9%
- 99 Turks and Caicos Islands 11.9%
- 100 Lithuania 11.7%
- 101 Cambodia 11.7%
- 102 Azerbaijan 11.6%
- 103 El Salvador 11.4%
- 104 Marshall Islands 11.3%
- 105 Türkiye 11.3%
- 106 Slovenia 11.1%
- 107 Maldives 11.1%
- 108 Suriname 11.0%
- 109 Slovakia 10.8%
- 110 Central African Republic 10.7%
- 111 Germany 10.7%
- 112 Canada 10.7%
- 113 Seychelles 10.6%
- 114 Comoros 10.5%
- 115 Trinidad and Tobago 10.4%
- 116 Portugal 10.4%
- 117 Bahamas 10.4%
- 118 Palau 10.2%
- 119 Czechia 10.0%
- 120 Poland 10.0%
- 121 Austria 10.0%
- 122 Latvia 9.9%
- 123 Spain 9.9%
- 124 Grenada 9.9%
- 125 Laos 9.8%
- 126 Tonga 9.8%
- 127 Jordan 9.5%
- 128 Armenia 9.4%
- 129 Pakistan 9.4%
- 130 Dominica 9.4%
- 131 Ecuador 9.3%
- 132 France 9.1%
- 133 Albania 9.0%
- 134 Lebanon 8.9%
- 135 Romania 8.8%
- 136 Indonesia 8.7%
- 137 Uganda 8.5%
- 138 Luxembourg 8.5%
- 139 Gibraltar 7.8%
- 140 Antigua and Barbuda 7.8%
- 141 Hungary 7.8%
- 142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.7%
- 143 Bahrain 7.7%
- 144 Mongolia 7.5%
- 145 Serbia 7.4%
- 146 Italy 7.4%
- 147 Andorra 7.0%
- 148 Angola 6.6%
- 149 Greece 6.4%
- 150 Sri Lanka 5.3%
- 151 Mauritania 4.8%
- 152 Monaco 4.8%
- 153 Nigeria 4.3%
- 154 Naoero 4.2%
- 155 Papua New Guinea 2.9%
- 156 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 2.8%
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