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social2019

Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2019. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
36.7value
Median: 33.5value
Countries Covered
186
with available data
Highest
Guam
90.1value
Lowest
Kazakhstan
0.7value
Top 5 Countries
1Guam90.1value
2Virgin Islands, U.S.89.0value
3Lebanon80.9value
4American Samoa70.6value
5Nauru67.5value
By Region
Other41.3value(112 countries)
North America39.7value(3 countries)
Asia35.0value(23 countries)
Africa31.7value(8 countries)
Oceania29.6value(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.7value)High (90.1value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 36.7value)

Other (112)
North America (3)
Asia (23)
Africa (8)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Europe (31)

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

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2019. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Guam90.1value
2Virgin Islands, U.S.89.0value
3Lebanon80.9value
4American Samoa70.6value
5Nauru67.5value
6Zambia67.4value
7Timor-Leste64.9value
8Guinea-Bissau64.4value
9Togo64.1value
10Guinea61.6value
11Democratic Republic of the Congo61.6value
12Uganda59.2value
13Haiti58.9value
14Dominican Republic58.7value
15Burkina Faso57.9value
16Albania57.6value
17Solomon Islands56.3value
18Tuvalu56.2value
19Lesotho56.0value
20Mauritania55.9value
21Republic of The Gambia55.8value
22Sao Tome and Principe55.8value
23Guatemala55.6value
24Philippines55.0value
25Comoros54.6value
26The Republic of North Macedonia54.5value
27Nepal53.8value
28Central African Republic53.3value
29Eswatini50.8value
30Benin49.8value
31Mozambique49.2value
32United Republic of Tanzania49.2value
33Honduras48.9value
34South Sudan48.6value
35Cambodia48.5value
36Niger48.1value
37Zimbabwe47.8value
38Madagascar47.4value
39Cote d'Ivoire47.3value
40Chad46.7value
41Iraq46.2value
42El Salvador46.2value
43Cayman Islands46.0value
44Dominica45.8value
45Marshall Islands45.5value
46Burundi45.4value
47Serbia45.3value
48Sudan45.1value
49Palau44.9value
50Mali44.7value
51Vanuatu44.6value
52Bangladesh44.6value
53Tonga44.4value
54Afghanistan44.2value
55Malawi43.9value
56Somalia43.8value
57Algeria43.6value
58Türkiye43.0value
59Djibouti42.8value
60Indonesia42.6value
61Liberia42.4value
62Jordan42.2value
63Antigua and Barbuda41.6value
64Thailand41.1value
65Lao People's Democratic Republic40.6value
66Nicaragua39.8value
67Trinidad and Tobago39.2value
68Libya39.1value
69Israel38.9value
70Syrian Arab Republic38.9value
71South Africa38.7value
72Liechtenstein38.6value
73Fiji38.6value
74Cape Verde38.1value
75Morocco37.7value
76Ireland37.3value
77Samoa37.0value
78Saint Vincent and the Grenadines36.9value
79Paraguay36.4value
80Maldives36.4value
81Kenya36.3value
82Myanmar36.3value
83Micronesia, Federated States of35.8value
84Japan35.1value
85Saint Lucia35.1value
86Equatorial Guinea34.9value
87San Marino34.4value
88Georgia34.3value
89Kiribati34.3value
90Jamaica34.2value
91Malaysia34.0value
92Peru33.9value
93Cameroon33.9value
94Islamic Republic of Iran33.1value
95Australia33.0value
96Bahrain33.0value
97Oman33.0value
98Cyprus32.7value
99Colombia32.7value
100People's Republic of China32.6value
101Mexico32.5value
102United Kingdom32.3value
103Mongolia32.2value
104Bermuda32.2value
105Latvia32.0value
106Bhutan32.0value
107Poland31.7value
108South Korea31.7value
109Senegal31.7value
110Luxembourg31.6value
111Venezuela31.5value
112Angola31.4value
113Belize31.4value
114Grenada31.3value
115Pakistan31.1value
116Sierra Leone31.0value
117Republic of the Congo31.0value
118United States of America31.0value
119Seychelles30.6value
120Guyana30.6value
121Papua New Guinea30.1value
122Virgin Islands, British29.9value
123Sri Lanka29.9value
124Vietnam29.7value
125Barbados29.6value
126Argentina29.6value
127Gabon29.2value
128Cuba29.0value
129Portugal29.0value
130Switzerland28.9value
131Slovenia28.8value
132Costa Rica28.7value
133Rwanda28.6value
134India28.4value
135Iceland27.9value
136Chile27.9value
137Tunisia27.7value
138Aruba27.5value
139Curaçao27.5value
140Ethiopia27.5value
141Denmark27.2value
142Greece27.0value
143Spain26.9value
144New Zealand26.1value
145Brazil25.6value
146Estonia25.0value
147Macao24.8value
148Malta24.3value
149Sweden24.1value
150Italy23.9value
151Belgium23.8value
152Panama23.5value
153Moldova, Republic of23.3value
154Ecuador23.3value
155Uruguay23.1value
156Eritrea23.1value
157Norway22.8value
158Mauritius22.8value
159Slovakia22.2value
160Hong Kong22.1value
161Puerto Rico22.0value
162Singapore22.0value
163Ghana21.7value
164Ukraine21.7value
165Andorra21.4value
166Saint Kitts and Nevis21.4value
167Netherlands21.2value
168Finland20.5value
169Kuwait20.4value
170France20.1value
171Bulgaria19.7value
172Brunei Darussalam19.5value
173Turks and Caicos Islands19.4value
174Armenia19.4value
175Lithuania18.9value
176Botswana17.8value
177Qatar17.6value
178Namibia16.9value
179Austria16.6value
180Nigeria16.4value
181Hungary16.2value
182Czech Republic13.2value
183Germany12.9value
184Monaco12.7value
185Romania12.5value
186Kazakhstan0.7value
Showing 186 of 186 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2019).

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