Education Spending by Country
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
| Country Name |
2021 |
2020 |
2019 |
2018 |
2017 |
| Sierra Leone |
33.83% |
34.24% |
35.01% |
32.73% |
19.89% |
| Namibia |
24.81% |
24.94% |
26.39% |
23.32% |
24.67% |
| Honduras |
24.60% |
24.25% |
20.12% |
23.16% |
19.67% |
| Guatemala |
22.96% |
21.14% |
23.76% |
23.75% |
23.09% |
| Belize |
22.17% |
21.52% |
22.20% |
22.11% |
21.66% |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo |
21.61% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
14.01% |
| Burkina Faso |
21.56% |
21.11% |
20.89% |
22.66% |
21.44% |
| Senegal |
21.08% |
22.06% |
18.31% |
21.54% |
20.59% |
| Uzbekistan |
21.01% |
20.54% |
25.59% |
21.82% |
22.52% |
| Togo |
20.80% |
18.14% |
19.23% |
21.77% |
23.14% |
| Burundi |
20.44% |
20.74% |
21.22% |
19.52% |
19.76% |
| Kazakhstan |
20.34% |
18.60% |
14.11% |
13.88% |
11.42% |
| Tajikistan |
19.91% |
17.77% |
18.66% |
15.89% |
18.14% |
| Mongolia |
19.40% |
12.46% |
38.11% |
34.83% |
13.42% |
| Kiribati |
19.27% |
20.18% |
12.39% |
15.14% |
12.55% |
| Puerto Rico |
18.90% |
19.44% |
14.63% |
13.21% |
17.57% |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
18.84% |
20.69% |
16.47% |
16.80% |
16.28% |
| Saudi Arabia |
18.79% |
19.06% |
19.07% |
19.36% |
22.26% |
| Mozambique |
18.76% |
17.93% |
19.03% |
17.39% |
18.94% |
| Ukraine |
18.68% |
13.09% |
13.16% |
12.75% |
13.02% |
| South Africa |
18.42% |
19.53% |
19.60% |
18.90% |
18.72% |
| El Salvador |
18.13% |
13.09% |
12.45% |
13.23% |
13.42% |
| Dominican Republic |
18.01% |
19.32% |
22.34% |
22.16% |
22.34% |
| Republic Of Congo |
17.88% |
18.29% |
17.93% |
15.58% |
15.69% |
| Peru |
17.87% |
15.93% |
17.76% |
17.13% |
18.24% |
| Morocco |
16.86% |
14.82% |
15.47% |
14.55% |
13.66% |
| Philippines |
16.62% |
15.55% |
18.14% |
18.74% |
19.83% |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
16.58% |
16.13% |
17.59% |
20.12% |
18.40% |
| Barbados |
16.58% |
11.49% |
10.78% |
16.36% |
12.88% |
| Belarus |
16.54% |
12.78% |
13.33% |
13.26% |
12.28% |
| Malaysia |
16.37% |
15.44% |
17.69% |
19.64% |
21.32% |
| Algeria |
16.21% |
16.55% |
14.46% |
13.78% |
17.56% |
| Haiti |
16.11% |
11.64% |
12.86% |
14.64% |
15.20% |
| Mali |
15.96% |
14.47% |
14.64% |
15.89% |
16.53% |
| Cambodia |
15.74% |
17.17% |
18.94% |
16.86% |
15.94% |
| Bhutan |
15.71% |
17.71% |
20.38% |
18.33% |
20.35% |
| Madagascar |
15.52% |
15.34% |
17.95% |
19.82% |
17.15% |
| Uruguay |
15.39% |
16.36% |
15.15% |
15.19% |
14.88% |
| Eswatini |
15.34% |
15.89% |
18.51% |
17.22% |
18.67% |
| Chad |
15.13% |
11.67% |
14.21% |
0.00% |
16.36% |
| Gabon |
15.12% |
15.03% |
14.16% |
14.70% |
16.06% |
| Cabo Verde |
15.11% |
17.09% |
15.15% |
17.57% |
16.41% |
| Cameroon |
14.89% |
14.39% |
14.09% |
16.88% |
15.91% |
| Vietnam |
14.82% |
14.41% |
14.03% |
16.09% |
15.09% |
| Thailand |
14.69% |
15.43% |
17.01% |
17.17% |
18.36% |
| Curacao |
14.65% |
16.41% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| St. Lucia |
14.47% |
14.42% |
14.08% |
14.31% |
14.10% |
| Fiji |
14.46% |
16.39% |
16.83% |
14.93% |
16.82% |
| Nepal |
14.39% |
15.01% |
12.11% |
11.65% |
12.97% |
| Mauritius |
14.32% |
16.12% |
18.68% |
19.27% |
20.36% |
| Gambia |
13.98% |
13.77% |
14.10% |
11.36% |
15.44% |
| Macao |
13.76% |
12.30% |
16.60% |
15.16% |
14.10% |
| Lesotho |
13.66% |
13.79% |
13.14% |
14.13% |
15.12% |
| Tanzania |
13.54% |
13.63% |
14.29% |
20.50% |
24.40% |
| Singapore |
13.38% |
11.91% |
19.47% |
20.79% |
20.06% |
| Bermuda |
13.25% |
12.29% |
12.44% |
11.84% |
7.77% |
| Hong Kong |
13.12% |
20.62% |
20.31% |
18.79% |
17.84% |
| Turks And Caicos Islands |
13.01% |
11.62% |
9.62% |
11.94% |
12.04% |
| Tonga |
12.65% |
15.53% |
11.93% |
10.17% |
0.00% |
| Sudan |
12.48% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| British Virgin Islands |
12.36% |
13.16% |
12.20% |
14.00% |
15.01% |
| Guinea |
11.98% |
14.29% |
12.41% |
14.87% |
13.38% |
| Panama |
11.97% |
10.24% |
10.09% |
8.68% |
8.68% |
| Niger |
11.95% |
13.33% |
13.01% |
16.34% |
13.22% |
| Maldives |
11.91% |
10.51% |
12.06% |
11.39% |
11.35% |
| Georgia |
11.52% |
11.17% |
13.36% |
12.95% |
12.95% |
| Zambia |
11.51% |
12.38% |
15.29% |
17.12% |
14.93% |
| Azerbaijan |
11.48% |
10.50% |
8.29% |
7.41% |
6.97% |
| Rwanda |
11.32% |
10.78% |
11.00% |
10.80% |
11.08% |
| South Sudan |
11.21% |
5.55% |
9.35% |
0.87% |
1.07% |
| Afghanistan |
10.88% |
10.25% |
11.34% |
11.70% |
12.03% |
| Lao PDR |
10.76% |
10.91% |
11.62% |
11.17% |
11.44% |
| Mauritania |
10.49% |
9.73% |
10.23% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Seychelles |
10.48% |
9.17% |
11.13% |
11.83% |
10.26% |
| Bolivia |
10.41% |
14.20% |
13.52% |
19.01% |
18.02% |
| Ecuador |
10.40% |
11.51% |
11.61% |
14.55% |
13.87% |
| Andorra |
10.26% |
8.99% |
10.90% |
13.46% |
9.39% |
| Pakistan |
10.24% |
10.80% |
11.59% |
12.19% |
14.54% |
| Bangladesh |
10.22% |
10.39% |
11.33% |
11.96% |
13.86% |
| Bahamas |
10.13% |
11.24% |
11.26% |
11.44% |
10.59% |
| Suriname |
10.11% |
13.94% |
15.28% |
14.72% |
17.32% |
| Grenada |
10.06% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.08% |
14.04% |
| Antigua And Barbuda |
9.90% |
8.94% |
8.55% |
7.23% |
7.39% |
| Jordan |
9.66% |
12.37% |
9.86% |
9.83% |
11.20% |
| Paraguay |
9.64% |
9.84% |
11.95% |
11.97% |
11.51% |
| Guinea-Bissau |
9.32% |
8.01% |
0.00% |
8.10% |
15.00% |
| Central African Republic |
9.09% |
9.78% |
9.80% |
9.14% |
8.90% |
| Bahrain |
9.08% |
9.37% |
8.49% |
9.89% |
10.79% |
| Qatar |
8.94% |
9.32% |
8.64% |
0.00% |
8.56% |
| Trinidad And Tobago |
8.93% |
11.77% |
10.62% |
9.77% |
9.89% |
| Gibraltar |
8.59% |
0.00% |
7.84% |
8.33% |
0.00% |
| Dominica |
8.29% |
10.67% |
8.30% |
8.45% |
9.78% |
| Armenia |
8.28% |
8.83% |
10.01% |
8.99% |
10.40% |
| Uganda |
8.21% |
11.25% |
11.47% |
11.25% |
12.20% |
| Timor-Leste |
7.47% |
6.96% |
6.87% |
6.59% |
7.02% |
| St. Kitts And Nevis |
7.16% |
11.12% |
12.28% |
13.53% |
12.84% |
| Angola |
6.92% |
6.47% |
6.05% |
5.41% |
6.76% |
| Liberia |
6.87% |
13.71% |
13.72% |
8.15% |
8.34% |
| Monaco |
5.73% |
0.00% |
5.03% |
0.00% |
6.98% |
| Nigeria |
5.14% |
5.13% |
5.86% |
5.94% |
6.12% |
| Somalia |
4.36% |
4.41% |
4.26% |
3.00% |
1.70% |
| Nauru |
3.63% |
3.53% |
4.33% |
9.08% |
12.11% |
| Portugal |
0.00% |
10.15% |
10.91% |
10.81% |
11.06% |
| Botswana |
0.00% |
15.50% |
15.35% |
15.61% |
17.04% |
| Italy |
0.00% |
7.47% |
8.45% |
8.80% |
8.30% |
| Kuwait |
0.00% |
11.91% |
12.83% |
11.75% |
11.14% |
| Latvia |
0.00% |
13.76% |
11.76% |
11.15% |
11.97% |
| Oman |
0.00% |
12.21% |
12.42% |
12.70% |
13.55% |
| Slovenia |
0.00% |
11.22% |
11.33% |
11.34% |
10.85% |
| Denmark |
0.00% |
11.94% |
13.91% |
13.44% |
15.34% |
| Turkmenistan |
0.00% |
28.00% |
23.01% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| France |
0.00% |
0.00% |
9.67% |
9.72% |
9.65% |
| Jamaica |
0.00% |
0.00% |
17.31% |
18.58% |
18.40% |
| Solomon Islands |
0.00% |
31.89% |
30.06% |
30.10% |
30.10% |
| United States |
0.00% |
12.65% |
13.38% |
13.15% |
13.86% |
| Australia |
0.00% |
14.43% |
12.85% |
13.48% |
13.60% |
| Sweden |
0.00% |
13.64% |
15.90% |
15.67% |
15.69% |
| Hungary |
0.00% |
9.18% |
9.27% |
10.08% |
9.94% |
| Malta |
0.00% |
12.79% |
14.00% |
14.03% |
13.37% |
| West Bank And Gaza |
0.00% |
0.00% |
17.71% |
17.79% |
16.08% |
| Canada |
0.00% |
10.00% |
11.74% |
12.08% |
12.17% |
| Faroe Islands |
0.00% |
14.36% |
15.41% |
17.36% |
17.25% |
| Lebanon |
0.00% |
9.90% |
8.14% |
8.05% |
7.15% |
| Austria |
0.00% |
8.89% |
10.73% |
10.72% |
10.90% |
| Costa Rica |
0.00% |
21.54% |
24.55% |
26.09% |
30.15% |
| Greece |
0.00% |
7.46% |
7.50% |
7.42% |
7.17% |
| Indonesia |
0.00% |
19.15% |
17.35% |
16.56% |
16.12% |
| Myanmar |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.56% |
10.39% |
9.93% |
| Switzerland |
0.00% |
14.24% |
15.56% |
15.53% |
15.46% |
| Micronesia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
18.11% |
17.13% |
19.15% |
| Japan |
0.00% |
7.31% |
8.18% |
8.13% |
8.15% |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
0.00% |
13.00% |
0.00% |
19.01% |
18.98% |
| Cuba |
0.00% |
16.66% |
14.23% |
12.66% |
13.56% |
| Zimbabwe |
0.00% |
15.67% |
0.00% |
19.04% |
20.87% |
| San Marino |
0.00% |
5.79% |
15.06% |
14.49% |
13.10% |
| Venezuela |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
23.87% |
| Greenland |
0.00% |
16.25% |
17.43% |
17.56% |
18.46% |
| Egypt |
0.00% |
12.26% |
11.64% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| India |
0.00% |
16.54% |
16.73% |
16.64% |
15.81% |
| Romania |
0.00% |
8.76% |
10.60% |
10.46% |
10.05% |
| Albania |
0.00% |
12.07% |
13.43% |
10.97% |
12.39% |
| Chile |
0.00% |
0.00% |
21.23% |
21.37% |
21.31% |
| United Kingdom |
0.00% |
10.56% |
13.55% |
13.34% |
13.76% |
| Kenya |
0.00% |
0.00% |
18.52% |
19.04% |
17.71% |
| Nicaragua |
0.00% |
22.82% |
23.95% |
22.86% |
22.43% |
| Belgium |
0.00% |
11.19% |
12.23% |
12.22% |
12.35% |
| Cayman Islands |
0.00% |
0.00% |
14.96% |
14.92% |
0.00% |
| Moldova |
0.00% |
17.99% |
19.46% |
17.57% |
18.43% |
| Palau |
0.00% |
0.00% |
15.66% |
15.93% |
15.66% |
| Ireland |
0.00% |
11.33% |
13.61% |
13.32% |
13.33% |
| Russia |
0.00% |
8.94% |
9.29% |
14.34% |
13.47% |
| Turkey |
0.00% |
9.38% |
12.47% |
12.43% |
12.97% |
| China |
0.00% |
10.53% |
11.23% |
10.76% |
11.59% |
| Netherlands |
0.00% |
11.02% |
12.51% |
12.91% |
12.42% |
| Serbia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
8.60% |
8.80% |
9.26% |
| Benin |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
17.71% |
19.88% |
| Cyprus |
0.00% |
12.99% |
13.68% |
11.80% |
15.68% |
| Papua New Guinea |
0.00% |
5.65% |
7.82% |
9.23% |
10.70% |
| Brazil |
0.00% |
0.00% |
15.96% |
16.15% |
16.50% |
| Spain |
0.00% |
8.89% |
10.05% |
10.03% |
10.21% |
| Iran |
0.00% |
23.14% |
21.25% |
21.15% |
20.31% |
| UAE |
0.00% |
11.71% |
12.68% |
5.36% |
5.50% |
| Ghana |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
18.60% |
20.10% |
| Sri Lanka |
0.00% |
0.00% |
9.90% |
11.33% |
14.50% |
| Norway |
0.00% |
10.14% |
15.67% |
15.92% |
15.94% |
| Czech Republic |
0.00% |
10.77% |
11.06% |
10.51% |
9.76% |
| Guyana |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
16.00% |
17.64% |
| Poland |
0.00% |
10.66% |
11.99% |
11.11% |
11.05% |
| Estonia |
0.00% |
14.35% |
13.45% |
13.35% |
12.65% |
| Argentina |
0.00% |
11.92% |
12.53% |
12.52% |
13.26% |
| Vanuatu |
0.00% |
5.05% |
5.59% |
0.00% |
12.21% |
| Germany |
0.00% |
9.18% |
11.37% |
11.23% |
11.03% |
| Mexico |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
16.58% |
17.58% |
| Ethiopia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
20.92% |
24.00% |
26.51% |
| Iceland |
0.00% |
15.28% |
17.42% |
17.25% |
17.08% |
| Lithuania |
0.00% |
12.03% |
11.75% |
11.74% |
11.77% |
| Samoa |
0.00% |
16.22% |
15.60% |
14.85% |
13.21% |
| Bulgaria |
0.00% |
9.55% |
11.71% |
11.79% |
12.73% |
| Djibouti |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.99% |
13.25% |
| Marshall Islands |
0.00% |
16.17% |
24.81% |
24.81% |
24.84% |
| Finland |
0.00% |
10.23% |
12.04% |
11.75% |
11.86% |
| Israel |
0.00% |
15.60% |
15.74% |
15.52% |
15.70% |
| South Korea |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.83% |
14.31% |
14.30% |
| Malawi |
0.00% |
11.50% |
14.59% |
15.83% |
14.34% |
| Colombia |
0.00% |
14.75% |
13.72% |
12.84% |
15.47% |
| Luxembourg |
0.00% |
10.55% |
8.68% |
8.66% |
8.45% |
| New Zealand |
0.00% |
14.44% |
13.48% |
16.08% |
16.64% |
| Slovak Republic |
0.00% |
10.07% |
10.55% |
9.53% |
9.53% |
| Croatia |
0.00% |
9.98% |
8.51% |
8.60% |
8.62% |
