List of countries by spending on education

This list shows the spending on education of various countries as a percentage of total government expenditure. It is based on data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.[1]

The UNESCO dataset does not specify whether education capital expenditures are included, or whether only recurrent expenditures were considered.

List

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Country Expenditure on education
(% of government spending)
Year
  Grenada 42.79 2016
  Zimbabwe 30.01 2014
  Ethiopia 27.10 2015
  Eswatini 24.95 2014
  Bhutan 24.04 2017
  Guatemala 23.09 2017
  Tunisia 22.90 2015
  Micronesia 22.31 2015
  Honduras 22.02 2017
  Saint Lucia 21.98 2016
  Belize 21.68 2017
  Senegal 21.56 2017
  Chile 21.16 2016
  Malaysia 21.06 2017
  Turkmenistan 20.80 2012
  Indonesia 20.50 2015
  Burundi 20.40 2017
  Ghana 20.10 2017
  Iran 20.04 2017
  Singapore 19.96 2013
  Uzbekistan 19.96 2017
  Mauritius 19.93 2017
  Sierra Leone 19.92 2017
  Thailand 19.13 2013
  Mexico 19.02 2015
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.98 2017
  Mozambique 18.98 2013
  Madagascar 18.97 2014
  Benin 18.79 2016
  South Africa 18.73 2017
  Kyrgyzstan 18.64 2017
  Côte d'Ivoire 18.62 2017
  Viet Nam 18.52 2013
  Jamaica 18.40 2017
  Sao Tome and Principe 18.40 2017
  Republic of Moldova 18.33 2017
  Guyana 18.28 2017
  Peru 18.24 2017
  Iceland 18.16 2015
  Burkina Faso 18.03 2015
  Hong Kong 17.84 2017
  Kenya 17.58 2017
  United Republic of Tanzania 17.30 2014
  Bolivia 16.84 2014
  New Zealand 16.57 2016
  Tajikistan 16.44 2015
  Cabo Verde 16.38 2017
  Cyprus 16.28 2015
  Brazil 16.25 2015
  Guinea-Bissau 16.19 2013
  Togo 15.99 2016
    Nepal 15.75 2017
  Norway 15.73 2015
  Afghanistan 15.66 2017
  El Salvador 15.63 2017
   Switzerland 15.53 2016
  Sweden 15.50 2015
  Cameroon 15.47 2017
  Oman 15.34 2017
  Comoros 15.27 2015
  Colombia 15.17 2017
  Israel 15.04 2015
  Sri Lanka 14.50 2017
  Malawi 14.34 2017
  Fiji 14.30 2013
  Latvia 14.13 2015
  Australia 14.08 2015
  India 14.05 2013
  United Kingdom 13.92 2016
  Mali 13.90 2016
  Czechia 13.88 2015
  Pakistan 13.85 2017
  Denmark 13.83 2014
  Lesotho 13.80 2018
  Albania 13.60 2016
  United States of America 13.59 2014
  Mongolia 13.49 2017
  Argentina 13.38 2016
  Guinea 13.38 2017
  Niger 13.25 2017
  Malta 13.15 2015
  Haiti 13.13 2016
  Ireland 13.03 2015
  Estonia 12.97 2015
  Georgia 12.95 2017
  Barbados 12.88 2017
  Turkey 12.84 2015
  Ecuador 12.60 2015
  Jordan 12.53 2017
  Chad 12.46 2013
  Finland 12.41 2015
  Ukraine 12.35 2016
  Lithuania 12.29 2015
  Belarus 12.28 2017
  Netherlands 12.25 2015
  Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.19 2014
  Belgium 12.17 2015
  Uganda 12.01 2017
  Vanuatu 11.78 2017
  Seychelles 11.72 2016
  Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.71 2017
  Poland 11.58 2015
  Bulgaria 11.44 2013
  Brunei Darussalam 11.44 2016
  Bangladesh 11.42 2016
  Kazakhstan 11.42 2017
  Maldives 11.29 2016
  Gabon 11.23 2014
  Slovenia 11.22 2015
  Rwanda 11.08 2017
  Germany 10.99 2015
  Russian Federation 10.87 2015
  Austria 10.69 2015
  Dominica 10.52 2015
  Samoa 10.48 2016
  Gambia 10.36 2016
  Slovakia 10.28 2015
  Armenia 10.20 2016
  Portugal 10.15 2015
  Spain 9.77 2015
  France 9.62 2015
  Croatia 9.49 2013
  Luxembourg 9.43 2015
  Myanmar 9.41 2018
  Mauritania 9.33 2016
  Hungary 9.14 2015
  Japan 9.13 2016
  Romania 9.08 2015
  Qatar 8.88 2017
  Cambodia 8.79 2014
  Serbia 8.69 2016
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.64 2015
  Lebanon 8.58 2013
  Azerbaijan 8.20 2016
  Italy 8.11 2015
  Congo 7.95 2015
  Namibia 7.64 2014
  Bahrain 7.18 2017
  Liberia 7.06 2017
  Timor-Leste 6.77 2014
  South Sudan 1.07 2017

References

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  1. ^ "Education : Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (all sectors)". data.uis.unesco.org.