education2023
Government education expenditure share
Compare government education expenditure share across 107 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2023 official-source dataset.
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Key Insights
Global Average
13.9% of government expenditure
Median: 13.2% of government expenditure
Countries Covered
107
with available data
Highest
Kenya
25.0% of government expenditure
Lowest
Venezuela, RB
0.0% of government expenditure
Top 5 Countries
1Kenya25.0% of government expenditure
2Solomon Islands23.2% of government expenditure
3Morocco22.8% of government expenditure
4Uzbekistan22.6% of government expenditure
5Guatemala22.6% of government expenditure
By Region
Key Findings
- •Coverage: 107 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2023.
- •Published range: 0.00953 to 24.9942 % of government expenditure.
- •Discovery motivation: Wikimedia most-read surfaced educator and former Indian president Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, motivating comparison of public budget priority for education.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0% of government expenditure)High (25.0% of government expenditure)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 13.9% of government expenditure)
About This Statistic
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.
MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated or carried across years beyond modeling explicitly documented by the publisher.
Methodology
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.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya | 25.0% of government expenditure |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 23.2% of government expenditure |
| 3 | Morocco | 22.8% of government expenditure |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 22.6% of government expenditure |
| 5 | Guatemala | 22.6% of government expenditure |
| 6 | Senegal | 22.5% of government expenditure |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.1% of government expenditure |
| 8 | Paraguay | 22.0% of government expenditure |
| 9 | Kiribati | 21.6% of government expenditure |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 20.8% of government expenditure |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 20.6% of government expenditure |
| 12 | Bolivia | 20.4% of government expenditure |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 20.4% of government expenditure |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 20.3% of government expenditure |
| 15 | Bhutan | 19.2% of government expenditure |
| 16 | South Africa | 19.2% of government expenditure |
| 17 | Mali | 19.1% of government expenditure |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 19.1% of government expenditure |
| 19 | Mauritania | 18.9% of government expenditure |
| 20 | Peru | 18.9% of government expenditure |
| 21 | Republic of The Gambia | 18.7% of government expenditure |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 18.4% of government expenditure |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.3% of government expenditure |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 18.3% of government expenditure |
| 25 | Tunisia | 18.1% of government expenditure |
| 26 | Belize | 18.1% of government expenditure |
| 27 | Nicaragua | 17.7% of government expenditure |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 17.2% of government expenditure |
| 29 | Eswatini | 16.9% of government expenditure |
| 30 | Moldova, Republic of | 16.9% of government expenditure |
| 31 | Philippines | 16.7% of government expenditure |
| 32 | Grenada | 16.7% of government expenditure |
| 33 | Chad | 16.5% of government expenditure |
| 34 | Malawi | 16.0% of government expenditure |
| 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.9% of government expenditure |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 15.8% of government expenditure |
| 37 | Benin | 15.8% of government expenditure |
| 38 | Uruguay | 15.6% of government expenditure |
| 39 | Mauritius | 15.6% of government expenditure |
| 40 | North Korea | 15.1% of government expenditure |
| 41 | Rwanda | 15.0% of government expenditure |
| 42 | Togo | 14.8% of government expenditure |
| 43 | Republic of the Congo | 14.7% of government expenditure |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 14.7% of government expenditure |
| 45 | Fiji | 14.6% of government expenditure |
| 46 | Thailand | 14.2% of government expenditure |
| 47 | Malaysia | 14.1% of government expenditure |
| 48 | Singapore | 14.1% of government expenditure |
| 49 | Zambia | 13.9% of government expenditure |
| 50 | Samoa | 13.7% of government expenditure |
| 51 | United Republic of Tanzania | 13.7% of government expenditure |
| 52 | Gabon | 13.6% of government expenditure |
| 53 | Algeria | 13.3% of government expenditure |
| 54 | Argentina | 13.2% of government expenditure |
| 55 | Hong Kong | 13.2% of government expenditure |
| 56 | Cameroon | 13.1% of government expenditure |
| 57 | Nepal | 13.1% of government expenditure |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 13.0% of government expenditure |
| 59 | San Marino | 13.0% of government expenditure |
| 60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.9% of government expenditure |
| 61 | Niger | 12.8% of government expenditure |
| 62 | Andorra | 12.8% of government expenditure |
| 63 | Seychelles | 12.7% of government expenditure |
| 64 | New Zealand | 12.7% of government expenditure |
| 65 | Kuwait | 12.6% of government expenditure |
| 66 | Georgia | 12.5% of government expenditure |
| 67 | Barbados | 12.5% of government expenditure |
| 68 | Belarus | 12.3% of government expenditure |
| 69 | Cambodia | 12.0% of government expenditure |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 12.0% of government expenditure |
| 71 | People's Republic of China | 11.9% of government expenditure |
| 72 | Bahamas | 11.6% of government expenditure |
| 73 | Jordan | 11.6% of government expenditure |
| 74 | Panama | 11.5% of government expenditure |
| 75 | Mongolia | 11.5% of government expenditure |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 11.4% of government expenditure |
| 77 | Haiti | 11.2% of government expenditure |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 11.2% of government expenditure |
| 79 | Comoros | 11.0% of government expenditure |
| 80 | Lesotho | 11.0% of government expenditure |
| 81 | Albania | 10.9% of government expenditure |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 10.7% of government expenditure |
| 83 | Maldives | 10.6% of government expenditure |
| 84 | El Salvador | 10.4% of government expenditure |
| 85 | Guinea | 10.0% of government expenditure |
| 86 | Central African Republic | 10.0% of government expenditure |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.8% of government expenditure |
| 88 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.8% of government expenditure |
| 89 | Pakistan | 9.8% of government expenditure |
| 90 | Ecuador | 9.7% of government expenditure |
| 91 | Palau | 9.5% of government expenditure |
| 92 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.1% of government expenditure |
| 93 | Armenia | 9.0% of government expenditure |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 8.7% of government expenditure |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.7% of government expenditure |
| 96 | Tonga | 8.4% of government expenditure |
| 97 | Serbia | 8.4% of government expenditure |
| 98 | Angola | 7.7% of government expenditure |
| 99 | Monaco | 7.7% of government expenditure |
| 100 | Bahrain | 7.7% of government expenditure |
| 101 | Suriname | 7.5% of government expenditure |
| 102 | Dominica | 6.4% of government expenditure |
| 103 | Nauru | 4.9% of government expenditure |
| 104 | Nigeria | 3.6% of government expenditure |
| 105 | Somalia | 3.6% of government expenditure |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 3.5% of government expenditure |
| 107 | Venezuela | 0.0% of government expenditure |
Showing 107 of 107 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Development Indicators (2023).
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