Rankings · education
Countries by education spending
Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP. 164 countries ranked for 2022 (% of GDP).
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| 1 |  Kiribati | 14.8 % of GDP | +18.4% | = |
| 2 |  Tuvalu | 13.8 % of GDP | – | – |
| 3 |  Vanuatu | 10.7 % of GDP | – | – |
| 4 |  Namibia | 9.4 % of GDP | +2.2% | = |
| 5 |  Solomon Islands | 8.5 % of GDP | – | – |
| 6 |  Cuba | 8.4 % of GDP | -27.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 7 |  Marshall Islands | 7.7 % of GDP | – | – |
| 8 |  Bolivia | 7.6 % of GDP | +15.2% | ▲ 11 |
| 9 |  Bhutan | 7.5 % of GDP | – | – |
| 10 |  Iceland | 7.3 % of GDP | -3.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 11 |  Sweden | 7.3 % of GDP | -3.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 12 |  Kyrgyzstan | 7.2 % of GDP | -2.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 13 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.1 % of GDP | – | – |
| 14 |  Tunisia | 6.8 % of GDP | +13.3% | ▲ 15 |
| 15 |  Kuwait | 6.6 % of GDP | – | – |
| 16 |  Denmark | 6.4 % of GDP | -11.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 17 |  Finland | 6.4 % of GDP | -11.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 18 |  Belgium | 6.3 % of GDP | -4.5% | = |
| 19 |  Samoa | 6.2 % of GDP | +26.5% | ▲ 34 |
| 20 |  South Africa | 6.2 % of GDP | +12.7% | ▲ 21 |
| 21 |  Curaçao | 6.1 % of GDP | +13.0% | ▲ 22 |
| 22 |  Macao S.A.R | 6.1 % of GDP | +84.8% | ▲ 78 |
| 23 |  Moldova | 6.1 % of GDP | -12.9% | ▼ 8 |
| 24 |  Dominica | 6 % of GDP | +33.3% | ▲ 39 |
| 25 |  Mozambique | 6 % of GDP | +7.1% | ▲ 12 |
| 26 |  Senegal | 6 % of GDP | +25.0% | ▲ 31 |
| 27 |  Israel | 5.9 % of GDP | +5.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 28 |  Morocco | 5.9 % of GDP | +5.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 29 |  Nauru | 5.9 % of GDP | – | – |
| 30 |  Brazil | 5.6 % of GDP | -5.1% | = |
| 31 |  Eswatini | 5.6 % of GDP | +0.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 32 |  Costa Rica | 5.5 % of GDP | -16.7% | ▼ 12 |
| 33 |  Jamaica | 5.4 % of GDP | -11.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 34 |  South Korea | 5.4 % of GDP | – | – |
| 35 |  Norway | 5.4 % of GDP | -26.0% | ▼ 25 |
| 36 |  Tajikistan | 5.4 % of GDP | +35.0% | ▲ 40 |
| 37 |  Austria | 5.3 % of GDP | -3.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 38 |  Burkina Faso | 5.3 % of GDP | +47.2% | ▲ 48 |
| 39 |  France | 5.3 % of GDP | – | – |
| 40 |  Slovenia | 5.3 % of GDP | -7.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 41 |  Tonga | 5.3 % of GDP | – | – |
| 42 |  Germany | 5.2 % of GDP | +8.3% | ▲ 12 |
| 43 |  Estonia | 5.2 % of GDP | +10.6% | ▲ 16 |
| 44 |  Netherlands | 5.2 % of GDP | -3.7% | = |
| 45 |  New Zealand | 5.2 % of GDP | – | – |
| 46 |  São Tomé and Principe | 5.2 % of GDP | -24.6% | ▼ 30 |
| 47 |  Uzbekistan | 5.2 % of GDP | – | – |
| 48 |  Australia | 5.1 % of GDP | – | – |
| 49 |  Switzerland | 4.9 % of GDP | +0.0% | = |
| 50 |  Chile | 4.9 % of GDP | – | – |
| 51 |  Sierra Leone | 4.9 % of GDP | +172.2% | ▲ 92 |
| 52 |  Argentina | 4.8 % of GDP | -9.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 53 |  Canada | 4.8 % of GDP | – | – |
| 54 |  Mauritius | 4.8 % of GDP | +41.2% | ▲ 42 |
| 55 |  Cabo Verde | 4.7 % of GDP | -13.0% | ▼ 13 |
| 56 |  Cyprus | 4.7 % of GDP | – | – |
| 57 |  Algeria | 4.7 % of GDP | -32.9% | ▼ 43 |
| 58 |  Maldives | 4.7 % of GDP | +42.4% | ▲ 43 |
| 59 |  Malta | 4.7 % of GDP | -24.2% | ▼ 33 |
| 60 |  Rwanda | 4.7 % of GDP | +6.8% | ▲ 8 |
| 61 |  Slovakia | 4.7 % of GDP | +20.5% | ▲ 19 |
| 62 |  Belarus | 4.6 % of GDP | -8.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 63 |  Belize | 4.6 % of GDP | -16.4% | ▼ 23 |
| 64 |  Spain | 4.6 % of GDP | +2.2% | = |
| 65 |  Saint Lucia | 4.6 % of GDP | +39.4% | ▲ 34 |
| 66 |  Portugal | 4.6 % of GDP | -6.1% | ▼ 14 |
| 67 |  Bulgaria | 4.5 % of GDP | +28.6% | ▲ 23 |
| 68 |  Honduras | 4.5 % of GDP | -28.6% | ▼ 44 |
| 69 |  Kenya | 4.5 % of GDP | -8.2% | ▼ 19 |
| 70 |  Uruguay | 4.5 % of GDP | +9.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 71 |  Kazakhstan | 4.4 % of GDP | +12.8% | ▲ 7 |
| 72 |  Oman | 4.4 % of GDP | – | – |
| 73 |  Czechia | 4.3 % of GDP | +2.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 74 |  Lithuania | 4.3 % of GDP | -10.4% | ▼ 19 |
| 75 |  Latvia | 4.3 % of GDP | -36.8% | ▼ 58 |
| 76 |  Poland | 4.3 % of GDP | -10.4% | ▼ 20 |
| 77 |  Sint Maarten | 4.3 % of GDP | -6.5% | ▼ 15 |
| 78 |  Barbados | 4.1 % of GDP | -10.9% | ▼ 17 |
| 79 |  India | 4.1 % of GDP | +5.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 80 |  Italy | 4.1 % of GDP | +2.5% | ▼ 5 |
| 81 |  Mexico | 4.1 % of GDP | -16.3% | ▼ 30 |
| 82 |  Nepal | 4.1 % of GDP | +24.2% | ▲ 20 |
| 83 |  Russia | 4.1 % of GDP | +7.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 84 |  Grenada | 4 % of GDP | -21.6% | ▼ 37 |
| 85 |  Mali | 4 % of GDP | +37.9% | ▲ 26 |
| 86 |  Fiji | 3.9 % of GDP | -13.3% | ▼ 21 |
| 87 |  Puerto Rico | 3.9 % of GDP | – | – |
| 88 |  Georgia | 3.8 % of GDP | +100.0% | ▲ 49 |
| 89 |  Hungary | 3.8 % of GDP | -9.5% | ▼ 17 |
| 90 |  Nicaragua | 3.8 % of GDP | – | – |
| 91 |  Peru | 3.8 % of GDP | +31.0% | ▲ 21 |
| 92 |  Togo | 3.8 % of GDP | +11.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 93 |  Ethiopia | 3.7 % of GDP | -33.9% | ▼ 59 |
| 94 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 3.7 % of GDP | +5.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 95 |  Luxembourg | 3.7 % of GDP | -5.1% | ▼ 16 |
| 96 |  Niger | 3.7 % of GDP | +15.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 97 |  Seychelles | 3.7 % of GDP | +48.0% | ▲ 28 |
| 98 |  Zambia | 3.7 % of GDP | +0.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 99 |  Dominican Republic | 3.6 % of GDP | – | – |
| 100 |  Ecuador | 3.6 % of GDP | -23.4% | ▼ 42 |
| 101 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.6 % of GDP | +44.0% | ▲ 22 |
| 102 |  Philippines | 3.6 % of GDP | – | – |
| 103 |  Palau | 3.6 % of GDP | – | – |
| 104 |  Turkmenistan | 3.6 % of GDP | +20.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 105 |  Ivory Coast | 3.5 % of GDP | +2.9% | ▼ 12 |
| 106 |  Malaysia | 3.5 % of GDP | -38.6% | ▼ 74 |
| 107 |  Greece | 3.4 % of GDP | – | – |
| 108 |  Panama | 3.4 % of GDP | – | – |
| 109 |  Paraguay | 3.4 % of GDP | -8.1% | ▼ 27 |
| 110 |  Suriname | 3.4 % of GDP | – | – |
| 111 |  Romania | 3.3 % of GDP | +17.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 112 |  El Salvador | 3.3 % of GDP | -10.8% | ▼ 29 |
| 113 |  Guatemala | 3.2 % of GDP | +6.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 114 |  Jordan | 3.2 % of GDP | -11.1% | ▼ 27 |
| 115 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 3.2 % of GDP | -23.8% | ▼ 42 |
| 116 |  Benin | 3.1 % of GDP | -13.9% | ▼ 31 |
| 117 |  Madagascar | 3.1 % of GDP | +34.8% | ▲ 11 |
| 118 |  Republic of Serbia | 3.1 % of GDP | – | – |
| 119 |  Turkey | 3.1 % of GDP | -29.5% | ▼ 50 |
| 120 |  Azerbaijan | 3 % of GDP | +42.9% | ▲ 13 |
| 121 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 % of GDP | – | – |
| 122 |  Ghana | 2.9 % of GDP | -63.3% | ▼ 116 |
| 123 |  Gambia | 2.9 % of GDP | +11.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 124 |  San Marino | 2.9 % of GDP | – | – |
| 125 |  Vietnam | 2.9 % of GDP | -34.1% | ▼ 55 |
| 126 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.8 % of GDP | – | – |
| 127 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.8 % of GDP | +3.7% | ▼ 10 |
| 128 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2.8 % of GDP | -22.2% | ▼ 40 |
| 129 |  Albania | 2.7 % of GDP | -18.2% | ▼ 31 |
| 130 |  Cameroon | 2.7 % of GDP | +3.8% | ▼ 10 |
| 131 |  Republic of the Congo | 2.7 % of GDP | +0.0% | ▼ 16 |
| 132 |  Iran | 2.7 % of GDP | -6.9% | ▼ 22 |
| 133 |  Malawi | 2.7 % of GDP | +8.0% | ▼ 9 |
| 134 |  Andorra | 2.6 % of GDP | +0.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 135 |  The Bahamas | 2.6 % of GDP | +13.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 136 |  Chad | 2.6 % of GDP | +73.3% | ▲ 11 |
| 137 |  Thailand | 2.6 % of GDP | -42.2% | ▼ 71 |
| 138 |  Uganda | 2.6 % of GDP | +44.4% | ▲ 6 |
| 139 |  Armenia | 2.5 % of GDP | -10.7% | ▼ 26 |
| 140 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 2.5 % of GDP | +19.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 141 |  Singapore | 2.5 % of GDP | -19.4% | ▼ 36 |
| 142 |  British Virgin Islands | 2.5 % of GDP | -30.6% | ▼ 53 |
| 143 |  Angola | 2.4 % of GDP | -22.6% | ▼ 39 |
| 144 |  Comoros | 2.4 % of GDP | -11.1% | ▼ 28 |
| 145 |  Liberia | 2.3 % of GDP | +27.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 146 |  Gabon | 2.2 % of GDP | -26.7% | ▼ 40 |
| 147 |  Bangladesh | 2.1 % of GDP | -4.5% | ▼ 18 |
| 148 |  Central African Republic | 2.1 % of GDP | +5.0% | ▼ 13 |
| 149 |  Guinea | 2 % of GDP | +11.1% | ▼ 10 |
| 150 |  Cambodia | 2 % of GDP | +66.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 151 |  Pakistan | 2 % of GDP | +0.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 152 |  Bermuda | 1.8 % of GDP | -25.0% | ▼ 26 |
| 153 |  Bahrain | 1.7 % of GDP | -32.0% | ▼ 31 |
| 154 |  Cayman Islands | 1.5 % of GDP | – | – |
| 155 |  Laos | 1.5 % of GDP | -16.7% | ▼ 15 |
| 156 |  Mauritania | 1.4 % of GDP | -36.4% | ▼ 25 |
| 157 |  Lebanon | 1.3 % of GDP | -38.1% | ▼ 23 |
| 158 |  Sri Lanka | 1.2 % of GDP | -20.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 159 |  Monaco | 1.2 % of GDP | -33.3% | ▼ 17 |
| 160 |  Haiti | 1 % of GDP | – | – |
| 161 |  Indonesia | 0.9 % of GDP | -73.5% | ▼ 67 |
| 162 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.6 % of GDP | – | – |
| 163 |  Nigeria | 0.3 % of GDP | -40.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 164 |  Somalia | 0 % of GDP | – | – |
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