World rankings
Country leaderboards for 20 official figures — economy, people, jobs, health, safety and energy — across over 200 countries, ranked from the World Bank's published data, with the year of each figure.
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · last updated by the World Bank 2026-10-08
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Education spending (% of GDP): country leaderboard
Government expenditure on education, % of GDP. Countries whose latest figure is more than 3 years older than the newest are listed at the end without a rank.
| Rank | Country | Education spending (% of GDP) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 16.4% | 2023 |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 12.8% | 2023 |
| 3 | Namibia | 9.1% | 2024 |
| 4 | Algeria | 9.0% | 2024 |
| 5 | Cuba | 8.4% | 2022 |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 8.3% | 2023 |
| 7 | Marshall Islands | 7.7% | 2022 |
| 8 | Vanuatu | 7.6% | 2024 |
| 9 | Mauritania | 7.6% | 2024 |
| 10 | Bolivia | 7.5% | 2024 |
| 11 | Sweden | 7.3% | 2022 |
| 12 | Iceland | 7.3% | 2022 |
| 13 | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.8% | 2023 |
| 14 | Tunisia | 6.7% | 2023 |
| 15 | Lesotho | 6.6% | 2024 |
| 16 | Moldova | 6.6% | 2023 |
| 17 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.5% | 2023 |
| 18 | Kuwait | 6.4% | 2024 |
| 19 | Finland | 6.4% | 2022 |
| 20 | Denmark | 6.4% | 2022 |
| 21 | Belgium | 6.3% | 2022 |
| 22 | Senegal | 6.2% | 2023 |
| 23 | Eswatini | 6.0% | 2024 |
| 24 | South Africa | 6.0% | 2024 |
| 25 | Morocco | 6.0% | 2023 |
| 26 | Mozambique | 6.0% | 2022 |
| 27 | Israel | 5.9% | 2022 |
| 28 | Bhutan | 5.8% | 2023 |
| 29 | Naoero | 5.8% | 2023 |
| 30 | Brazil | 5.6% | 2022 |
| 31 | Jamaica | 5.5% | 2024 |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 5.5% | 2023 |
| 33 | Samoa | 5.5% | 2024 |
| 34 | Curacao | 5.4% | 2024 |
| 35 | Tajikistan | 5.4% | 2023 |
| 36 | Norway | 5.4% | 2022 |
| 37 | Korea, Rep. | 5.4% | 2022 |
| 38 | Dominica | 5.4% | 2024 |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 5.3% | 2023 |
| 40 | France | 5.3% | 2022 |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 5.3% | 2023 |
| 42 | Tonga | 5.3% | 2022 |
| 43 | Slovenia | 5.3% | 2022 |
| 44 | Austria | 5.3% | 2022 |
| 45 | Timor-Leste | 5.2% | 2023 |
| 46 | Germany | 5.2% | 2022 |
| 47 | New Zealand | 5.2% | 2023 |
| 48 | Mongolia | 5.2% | 2024 |
| 49 | Estonia | 5.2% | 2022 |
| 50 | Netherlands | 5.2% | 2022 |
| 51 | Maldives | 5.2% | 2023 |
| 52 | Grenada | 5.1% | 2023 |
| 53 | Australia | 5.1% | 2022 |
| 54 | Belarus | 5.0% | 2024 |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.0% | 2023 |
| 56 | Argentina | 5.0% | 2023 |
| 57 | Chile | 4.9% | 2022 |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 4.9% | 2023 |
| 59 | Switzerland | 4.9% | 2022 |
| 60 | Canada | 4.8% | 2022 |
| 61 | Uruguay | 4.8% | 2023 |
| 62 | Cyprus | 4.7% | 2022 |
| 63 | Malta | 4.7% | 2022 |
| 64 | Slovak Republic | 4.7% | 2022 |
| 65 | Belize | 4.6% | 2024 |
| 66 | Rwanda | 4.6% | 2024 |
| 67 | Spain | 4.6% | 2022 |
| 68 | Portugal | 4.6% | 2022 |
| 69 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 70 | Burundi | 4.5% | 2025 |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 4.5% | 2022 |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 73 | Seychelles | 4.5% | 2023 |
| 74 | Oman | 4.4% | 2022 |
| 75 | Peru | 4.4% | 2024 |
| 76 | Cabo Verde | 4.3% | 2023 |
| 77 | Latvia | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 78 | Poland | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 79 | Czechia | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 4.3% | 2024 |
| 81 | Puerto Rico (US) | 4.3% | 2024 |
| 82 | Lithuania | 4.3% | 2022 |
| 83 | Mauritius | 4.2% | 2024 |
| 84 | Fiji | 4.2% | 2023 |
| 85 | Mali | 4.2% | 2023 |
| 86 | Russian Federation | 4.2% | 2023 |
| 87 | Togo | 4.1% | 2023 |
| 88 | India | 4.1% | 2022 |
| 89 | Niger | 4.1% | 2023 |
| 90 | Zambia | 4.1% | 2023 |
| 91 | Italy | 4.1% | 2022 |
| 92 | Mexico | 4.1% | 2022 |
| 93 | Kenya | 4.0% | 2024 |
| 94 | Georgia | 4.0% | 2024 |
| 95 | Philippines | 4.0% | 2025 |
| 96 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.9% | 2023 |
| 97 | China | 3.9% | 2023 |
| 98 | St. Lucia | 3.8% | 2024 |
| 99 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3.8% | 2024 |
| 100 | Hungary | 3.8% | 2022 |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 3.8% | 2023 |
| 102 | Luxembourg | 3.7% | 2022 |
| 103 | Ecuador | 3.7% | 2024 |
| 104 | Nepal | 3.7% | 2024 |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 3.7% | 2023 |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.6% | 2024 |
| 107 | Barbados | 3.6% | 2024 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 3.5% | 2024 |
| 109 | Malaysia | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 110 | Macao SAR, China | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 111 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.5% | 2023 |
| 112 | Palau | 3.4% | 2023 |
| 113 | Serbia | 3.4% | 2023 |
| 114 | Greece | 3.4% | 2022 |
| 115 | Congo, Rep. | 3.3% | 2023 |
| 116 | El Salvador | 3.3% | 2024 |
| 117 | Romania | 3.3% | 2022 |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 120 | Jordan | 3.2% | 2024 |
| 121 | Benin | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 122 | Chad | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 123 | British Virgin Islands | 3.2% | 2023 |
| 124 | Tanzania | 3.2% | 2024 |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.1% | 2023 |
| 126 | Turkiye | 3.1% | 2022 |
| 127 | Albania | 3.1% | 2023 |
| 128 | Guatemala | 3.1% | 2024 |
| 129 | Madagascar | 3.0% | 2023 |
| 130 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.9% | 2024 |
| 131 | Ghana | 2.9% | 2022 |
| 132 | San Marino | 2.9% | 2022 |
| 133 | Viet Nam | 2.9% | 2022 |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 2.9% | 2023 |
| 135 | Suriname | 2.9% | 2023 |
| 136 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 2.8% | 2022 |
| 137 | Cameroon | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 138 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 139 | Gambia, The | 2.8% | 2023 |
| 140 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2022 |
| 141 | Bahamas, The | 2.7% | 2023 |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 2.6% | 2023 |
| 143 | Uganda | 2.6% | 2022 |
| 144 | Thailand | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 145 | Angola | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 146 | Panama | 2.5% | 2023 |
| 147 | Armenia | 2.4% | 2023 |
| 148 | Comoros | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 149 | Gabon | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 2.3% | 2024 |
| 151 | Liberia | 2.3% | 2023 |
| 152 | Singapore | 2.2% | 2024 |
| 153 | Cambodia | 2.2% | 2023 |
| 154 | Bangladesh | 2.0% | 2024 |
| 155 | Pakistan | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 156 | Andorra | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 157 | Bahrain | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 158 | Bermuda | 1.9% | 2023 |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 1.8% | 2023 |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 1.8% | 2023 |
| 161 | Monaco | 1.7% | 2023 |
| 162 | Guinea | 1.7% | 2023 |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 1.6% | 2023 |
| 164 | Indonesia | 1.3% | 2023 |
| 165 | Lao PDR | 1.2% | 2023 |
| 166 | Lebanon | 1.2% | 2024 |
| 167 | Haiti | 1.0% | 2023 |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8% | 2023 |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 2023 |
| 170 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2023 |
| 171 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.0% | 2023 |
| — | Afghanistan | 4.3% | 2017 |
| — | American Samoa | 14.7% | 2006 |
| — | Aruba | 3.6% | 2021 |
| — | Botswana | 8.1% | 2020 |
| — | Brunei Darussalam | 4.4% | 2016 |
| — | Colombia | 5.3% | 2020 |
| — | Croatia | 4.1% | 2021 |
| — | Djibouti | 3.8% | 2018 |
| — | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 3.8% | 2008 |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | 2.2% | 1998 |
| — | Eritrea | 2.1% | 2006 |
| — | Guinea-Bissau | 2.0% | 2013 |
| — | Guyana | 4.5% | 2018 |
| — | Iraq | 3.6% | 1989 |
| — | Ireland | 2.9% | 2021 |
| — | Japan | 3.3% | 2021 |
| — | Libya | 2.3% | 1999 |
| — | Liechtenstein | 2.6% | 2011 |
| — | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 11.6% | 2020 |
| — | Myanmar | 2.0% | 2019 |
| — | North Macedonia | 3.3% | 2002 |
| — | Qatar | 3.2% | 2020 |
| — | South Sudan | 1.6% | 2016 |
| — | Sudan | 2.0% | 2009 |
| — | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.1% | 2009 |
| — | Ukraine | 5.1% | 2021 |
| — | United Arab Emirates | 3.9% | 2021 |
| — | United Kingdom | 5.9% | 2021 |
| — | United States | 5.4% | 2021 |
| — | Venezuela, RB | 6.9% | 2009 |
| — | West Bank and Gaza | 5.4% | 2021 |
| — | Yemen, Rep. | 5.2% | 2008 |
171 countries ranked · 217 economies listed by the World Bank