education2022

Government education expenditure as a share of GDP

Name: Government education expenditure as a share of GDP
Creator: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Keywords: daily-trending-research, government, education, expenditure, as, a, share

Country comparison of government education expenditure as a share of gdp in 2022, using official World Bank WDI series SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS with source-defined units and coverage.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators•164 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

4.3%

Median: 4.1%

Countries Covered

164

with available data

Highest

Kiribati

14.8%

Lowest

Somalia

0.0%

Top 5 Countries

1Kiribati14.8%

2Tuvalu13.8%

3Vanuatu10.7%

4Namibia9.4%

5Solomon Islands8.5%

By Region

Oceania5.1%(2 countries)

Europe4.9%(28 countries)

South America4.5%(6 countries)

Other4.3%(99 countries)

North America4.0%(3 countries)

Key Findings

•164 ISO countries have a finite 2022 observation.
•Kiribati is highest in the fixed-year data at 14.7860312820513 %.
•Somalia, Fed. Rep. is lowest in the fixed-year data at 0.00000721674775437 %.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0%)High (14.8%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.3%)

Oceania (2)

Europe (28)

South America (6)

Other (99)

North America (3)

Africa (8)

Asia (18)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Values are fixed-year 2022 observations. Aggregates, nulls, non-finite values, non-ISO economies, and missing countries are excluded rather than estimated.

Methodology

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Kiribati	14.8%
2	Tuvalu	13.8%
3	Vanuatu	10.7%
4	Namibia	9.4%
5	Solomon Islands	8.5%
6	Cuba	8.4%
7	Marshall Islands	7.7%
8	Bolivia	7.6%
9	Bhutan	7.5%
10	Sweden	7.3%
11	Iceland	7.3%
12	Kyrgyzstan	7.2%
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.1%
14	Tunisia	6.8%
15	Kuwait	6.6%
16	Finland	6.4%
17	Denmark	6.4%
18	Belgium	6.3%
19	Samoa	6.2%
20	South Africa	6.2%
21	Moldova, Republic of	6.1%
22	Curaçao	6.1%
23	Macao	6.1%
24	Dominica	6.0%
25	Mozambique	6.0%
26	Senegal	6.0%
27	Israel	5.9%
28	Nauru	5.9%
29	Morocco	5.9%
30	Brazil	5.6%
31	Eswatini	5.6%
32	Costa Rica	5.5%
33	Norway	5.4%
34	South Korea	5.4%
35	Tajikistan	5.4%
36	Jamaica	5.4%
37	France	5.3%
38	Tonga	5.3%
39	Burkina Faso	5.3%
40	Slovenia	5.3%
41	Austria	5.3%
42	Germany	5.2%
43	Uzbekistan	5.2%
44	Estonia	5.2%
45	Sao Tome and Principe	5.2%
46	Netherlands	5.2%
47	New Zealand	5.2%
48	Australia	5.1%
49	Chile	4.9%
50	Sierra Leone	4.9%
51	Switzerland	4.9%
52	Canada	4.8%
53	Mauritius	4.8%
54	Argentina	4.8%
55	Algeria	4.7%
56	Rwanda	4.7%
57	Cyprus	4.7%
58	Cape Verde	4.7%
59	Malta	4.7%
60	Maldives	4.7%
61	Slovakia	4.7%
62	Saint Lucia	4.6%
63	Belarus	4.6%
64	Belize	4.6%
65	Spain	4.6%
66	Portugal	4.6%
67	Kenya	4.5%
68	Bulgaria	4.5%
69	Honduras	4.5%
70	Uruguay	4.5%
71	Oman	4.4%
72	Kazakhstan	4.4%
73	Latvia	4.3%
74	Poland	4.3%
75	Czech Republic	4.3%
76	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.3%
77	Lithuania	4.3%
78	Barbados	4.1%
79	Nepal	4.1%
80	India	4.1%
81	Italy	4.1%
82	Mexico	4.1%
83	Russian Federation	4.1%
84	Mali	4.0%
85	Grenada	4.0%
86	Fiji	3.9%
87	Puerto Rico	3.9%
88	Peru	3.8%
89	Hungary	3.8%
90	Nicaragua	3.8%
91	Togo	3.8%
92	Georgia	3.8%
93	Luxembourg	3.7%
94	Ethiopia	3.7%
95	Hong Kong	3.7%
96	Niger	3.7%
97	Zambia	3.7%
98	Seychelles	3.7%
99	Ecuador	3.6%
100	Dominican Republic	3.6%
101	Turkmenistan	3.6%
102	Philippines	3.6%
103	Palau	3.6%
104	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.6%
105	Malaysia	3.5%
106	Cote d'Ivoire	3.5%
107	Suriname	3.4%
108	Paraguay	3.4%
109	Panama	3.4%
110	Greece	3.4%
111	Romania	3.3%
112	El Salvador	3.3%
113	United Republic of Tanzania	3.2%
114	Guatemala	3.2%
115	Jordan	3.2%
116	Benin	3.1%
117	Türkiye	3.1%
118	Serbia	3.1%
119	Madagascar	3.1%
120	Azerbaijan	3.0%
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.0%
122	Ghana	2.9%
123	San Marino	2.9%
124	Republic of The Gambia	2.9%
125	Vietnam	2.9%
126	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.8%
127	Trinidad and Tobago	2.8%
128	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.8%
129	Malawi	2.7%
130	Albania	2.7%
131	Republic of the Congo	2.7%
132	Islamic Republic of Iran	2.7%
133	Cameroon	2.7%
134	Andorra	2.6%
135	Bahamas	2.6%
136	Thailand	2.6%
137	Chad	2.6%
138	Uganda	2.6%
139	Antigua and Barbuda	2.5%
140	Armenia	2.5%
141	Virgin Islands, British	2.5%
142	Singapore	2.5%
143	Comoros	2.4%
144	Angola	2.4%
145	Liberia	2.3%
146	Gabon	2.2%
147	Central African Republic	2.1%
148	Bangladesh	2.1%
149	Guinea	2.0%
150	Pakistan	2.0%
151	Cambodia	2.0%
152	Bermuda	1.8%
153	Bahrain	1.7%
154	Cayman Islands	1.5%
155	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.5%
156	Mauritania	1.4%
157	Lebanon	1.3%
158	Sri Lanka	1.2%
159	Monaco	1.2%
160	Haiti	1.0%
161	Indonesia	0.9%
162	Papua New Guinea	0.6%
163	Nigeria	0.3%
164	Somalia	0.0%

Showing 164 of 164 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank, World Development Indicators (2022).

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