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This list shows the government education expenditure of various countries in % of GDP (1989–2022). It does not include private expenditure on education. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

List of countries by spending on education (% of GDP)
Country or subnational area Expenditure on education
(% of GDP) 		Year Source
  Marshall Islands 15.8 2019 [1]
  Cuba 11.5 2020 [2]
  Micronesia 10.5 2020 [2]
  Kiribati 15.6 2021 [2]
  Somaliland 9.6 2021 [1]
  Djibouti 8.4 2012 [1]
  Namibia 8.4 2012 [1]
  Norway 8.0 2016 [1]
  Botswana 7.8 2012 [1]
  Sweden 7.7 2016 [2]
  Denmark 7.6 2014 [1]
  Palau 7.6 2002 [1]
  Iceland 7.5 2016 [2]
  Costa Rica 7.4 2016 [1]
  Belize 7.4 2017 [1]
  Bolivia 7.3 2014 [1]
  Solomon Islands 7.3 2012 [1]
  Eswatini 7.1 2014 [2]
  Finland 6.9 2016 [1]
  Oman 6.8 2017 [1]
  Moldova 6.7 2017 [1]
  Bhutan 8.1 2022 [2]
  Tunisia 6.6 2015 [1]
  Belgium 6.5 2016 [1]
  Lesotho 6.5 2018 [1]
  Mozambique 6.5 2014 [2]
  New Zealand 6.4 2016 [1]
  Cyprus 6.4 2015 [1]
  Guyana 6.3 2017 [1]
  Uzbekistan 6.3 2017 [1]
  Brazil 6.2 2015 [2]
  South Africa 6.2 2018 [1]
  Zimbabwe 6.1 2014 [2]
  Kyrgyzstan 6.1 2017 [1]
  Puerto Rico 6.1 2014 [1]
  United States 6.1 2020 [2]
  Honduras 6.0 2017 [2]
  Israel 5.8 2016 [1]
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.8 2017 [1]
  Saudi Arabia 5.6 2012 [1]
  Czech Republic 5.6 2016 [2]
  Argentina 5.5 2017 [2]
  Austria 5.5 2016 [1]
  Canada 5.5 2012 [1]
  Netherlands 5.5 2016 [2]
  Jamaica 5.4 2018 [1]
  France 5.4 2016 [2]
  Chile 5.4 2017 [2]
  Ukraine 5.4 2017 [2]
  Morocco 5.4 2012 [1]
  Malta 5.3 2015 [1]
  Australia 5.3 2016 [2]
  State of Palestine 5.3 2017 [2]
  Kenya 5.2 2017 [1]
  Tajikistan 5.2 2015 [2]
  Estonia 5.2 2016 [2]
  Yemen 5.2 2012 [1]
  Cape Verde 5.2 2017 [1]
    Nepal 5.2 2018 [2]
  Côte d'Ivoire 5.1 2017 [2]
  Syria 5.1 2012 [1]
  South Korea 5.1 2014 [2]
   Switzerland 5.1 2016 [1]
  Ecuador 5.0 2015 [1]
  Togo 5.0 2016 [1]
  Nauru 4.9 2007 [1]
  Mexico 4.9 2016 [2]
  Portugal 4.9 2015 [1]
  Uruguay 4.9 2017 [1]
  Sao Tome and Principe 4.9 2017 [2]
  Mauritius 4.8 2018 [1]
  Belarus 4.8 2017 [ citation needed]
  Senegal 4.8 2017 [2]
  Germany 4.8 2016 [2]
  Slovenia 4.8 2016 [1]
  Burundi 4.8 2017 [1]
  Malaysia 4.7 2017 [1]
  Ethiopia 4.7 2015 [2]
  Latvia 4.7 2016 [2]
  Hungary 4.7 2016 [1]
  Vanuatu 4.7 2017 [1]
  Barbados 4.7 2017 [1]
  Poland 4.6 2016 [2]
  Sierra Leone 4.6 2017 [1]
  Congo 4.6 2015 [1]
  Croatia 4.6 2013 [2]
  Colombia 4.5 2017 [2]
  Brunei 4.4 2016 [1]
  Turkey 4.4 2014 [2]
  Seychelles 4.4 2016 [1]
  Vietnam 4.3 2016 [2]
  Algeria 4.3 2012 [1]
  Dominican Republic 4.3 2014 [3]
  Nicaragua 4.3 2017 [1]
  Burkina Faso 4.2 2016 [2]
  Spain 4.2 2016 [1]
  Thailand 4.1 2013 [2]
  Mongolia 4.1 2017 [1]
  Samoa 4.1 2016 [1]
  Maldives 4.1 2016 [1]
  Afghanistan 4.1 2017 [2]
  Bulgaria 4.1 2012 [1]
  Greece 4.1 2021 [2]
  Panama 4.1 2012 [1]
  Malawi 4.0 2017 [1]
  Lithuania 4.0 2016 [2]
  Benin 4.0 2016 [1]
  Luxembourg 4.0 2014 [2]
  Serbia 4.0 2017 [2]
  China 4.0 2016 [6]
  Iran 4.0 2018 [1]
  Albania 4.0 2016 [2]
  Peru 3.9 2017 [2]
  United Kingdom 3.9 2019 [5]
  Tonga 3.9 2004 [1]
  Slovakia 3.9 2016 [1]
  Fiji 3.9 2013 [1]
  Georgia 3.8 2017 [1]
  Timor-Leste 3.8 2017 [1]
  Saint Lucia 3.8 2018 [1]
  Italy 3.8 2016 [2]
  Egypt 3.8 2012 [1]
  Kuwait 3.8 2012 [1]
  El Salvador 3.8 2017 [1]
  Russia 3.7 2020 [7]
  Tuvalu 3.7 1997 [1]
  Ireland 3.7 2017 [2]
  Jordan 3.6 2017 [2]
  Japan 3.6 2014 [2]
  Ghana 3.6 2017 [2]
  Indonesia 3.0 2021 [2]
  Venezuela 3.6 2012 [1]
  Niger 3.5 2017 [2]
  Angola 3.5 2012 [1]
  Iraq 3.5 1989 [2]
  Tanzania 3.4 2014 [1]
  Dominica 3.4 2015 [1]
  Paraguay 3.4 2016 [2]
  North Macedonia 3.3 2002 [2]
  Hong Kong 3.3 2018 [2]
  San Marino 3.2 2017 [1]
  Andorra 3.2 2012 [1]
  Grenada 3.2 2017 [2]
  Trinidad and Tobago 3.1 2003 [1]
  Cameroon 3.1 2017 [2]
  Mali 3.1 2016 [1]
  Romania 3.1 2017 [4]
  Rwanda 3.1 2018 [2]
  Turkmenistan 3.0 2012 [2]
  Singapore 2.9 2013 [1]
  Qatar 2.9 2017 [2]
  Chad 2.9 2013 [2]
  Laos 2.9 2014 [1]
  Pakistan 2.9 2017 [2]
  India 2.9 2023 [8]
  Bahamas 2.8 2000 [1]
  Kazakhstan 2.8 2017 [2]
  Sri Lanka 2.8 2017 [2]
  Guatemala 2.8 2017 [1]
  Madagascar 2.8 2014 [1]
  Gabon 2.7 2014 [2]
  Philippines 3.2 2019 [1]
  Macau 2.7 2017 [1]
  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.6 2015 [1]
  Uganda 2.6 2017 [1]
  Mauritania 2.6 2016 [1]
  Antigua and Barbuda 2.5 2012 [1]
  Comoros 2.5 2015 [1]
  Haiti 2.5 2016 [1]
  Azerbaijan 2.5 2017 [2]
  Lebanon 2.5 2013 [2]
  Armenia 2.3 2020 [9]
  Libya 2.3 1999 [2]
  Liberia 2.3 2014 [2]
  Bahrain 2.3 2017 [2]
  Sudan 2.2 2009 [2]
  Guinea 2.2 2017 [1]
  Myanmar 2.2 2017 [2]
  Eritrea 2.1 2012 [1]
  Liechtenstein 2.1 2012 [1]
  Gambia 2.1 2016 [1]
  Guinea-Bissau 2.1 2012 [2]
  Bangladesh 2.0 2018 [1]
  Cambodia 1.9 2014 [2]
  Monaco 1.5 2017 [1]
  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.5 2017 [1]
  South Sudan 1.5 2016 [2]
  Zambia 1.3 2012 [1]
  United Arab Emirates 1.3 2000 [1]
  Central African Republic 1.2 2012 [1]
  Equatorial Guinea 0.6 2003 [1]
  Suriname 3.8 2021 [2]
  Nigeria 5.94 2018 [10]
  Somalia n.a. n.a. [1]
  Bosnia and Herzegovina n.a. n.a. [1]
  Montenegro n.a. n.a. [1]
  North Korea n.a. n.a. [1]
  Papua New Guinea 1.9 2018 [2]

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