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Public spending on education, percent of GDP, 2020 - Country rankings:

The average for 2020 based on 83 countries was 4.44 percent.The highest value was in the Solomon Islands: 12.75 percent and the lowest value was in Mauritania: 1.88 percent. The indicator is available from 1970 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: UNESCO
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Countries Education spending, percent of GDP, 2020 Global rank Available data
Solomon Isl. 12.75 1 1971 - 2020
Namibia 9.45 2 1999 - 2021
Sierra Leone 8.81 3 2000 - 2020
Botswana 8.74 4 1971 - 2020
Saudi Arabia 7.81 5 1981 - 2020
Lesotho 7.67 6 1971 - 2021
Cape Verde 7.58 7 1998 - 2020
Belize 7.53 8 1999 - 2021
Morocco 6.75 9 1973 - 2020
Costa Rica 6.71 10 1980 - 2020
Kuwait 6.55 11 1971 - 2020
Honduras 6.44 12 1978 - 2020
Moldova 6.39 13 1996 - 2020
Macao 6.3 14 1998 - 2020
Mozambique 6.26 15 1998 - 2020
South Africa 6.19 16 1987 - 2020
Jamaica 5.62 17 1973 - 2021
Burkina Faso 5.52 18 1978 - 2020
Senegal 5.5 19 1998 - 2020
Swaziland 5.34 20 1976 - 2021
Seychelles 5.15 21 1970 - 2020
Kenya 5.08 22 1971 - 2021
Burundi 5.04 23 1979 - 2020
S.T.&Principe 5.01 24 2002 - 2020
Suriname 5.01 25 2015 - 2020
Belarus 4.95 26 1999 - 2020
Colombia 4.93 27 1979 - 2020
Uzbekistan 4.92 28 2011 - 2020
Samoa 4.81 29 1999 - 2020
Dominica 4.7 30 1989 - 2020
Nicaragua 4.63 31 1970 - 2020
Domin. Rep. 4.62 32 1970 - 2020
Mauritius 4.61 33 1977 - 2020
India 4.47 34 1997 - 2020
R. of Congo 4.45 35 1970 - 2020
Hong Kong 4.41 36 1971 - 2020
Nepal 4.39 37 1998 - 2020
Peru 4.25 38 1973 - 2020
Ecuador 4.13 39 1970 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago 4.1 40 1980 - 2020
Togo 3.99 41 1970 - 2020
Malaysia 3.92 42 1971 - 2020
Panama 3.91 43 1970 - 2020
Philippines 3.88 44 1980 - 2020
UA Emirates 3.88 45 2019 - 2020
Georgia 3.85 46 1994 - 2020
Niger 3.84 47 1971 - 2020
Mali 3.76 48 1978 - 2020
Zambia 3.7 49 1970 - 2020
Iran 3.59 50 1971 - 2020
Saint Lucia 3.58 51 1982 - 2020
China 3.57 52 1971 - 2020
Ant.& Barb. 3.45 53 1999 - 2021
Ivory Coast 3.44 54 1970 - 2020
Rwanda 3.33 55 1977 - 2021
Guatemala 3.3 56 1970 - 2020
Paraguay 3.3 57 1970 - 2020
Qatar 3.23 58 1971 - 2020
Tanzania 3.23 59 1989 - 2021
Gabon 3.18 60 1992 - 2020
Cameroon 3.17 61 1971 - 2020
Albania 3.1 62 1994 - 2020
Madagascar 3.1 63 1972 - 2020
Barbados 3.06 64 1976 - 2021
Benin 3 65 1998 - 2020
Chad 2.91 66 1997 - 2020
Malawi 2.91 67 1971 - 2020
Gambia 2.76 68 1985 - 2020
Armenia 2.71 69 1996 - 2020
G.-Bissau 2.71 70 1999 - 2020
Uganda 2.59 71 1971 - 2021
Singapore 2.51 72 1971 - 2020
Egypt 2.48 73 1971 - 2020
DR Congo 2.45 74 1980 - 2021
Angola 2.42 75 1985 - 2020
Bahamas 2.37 76 2000 - 2021
Liberia 2.31 77 2008 - 2021
Vanuatu 2.24 78 1994 - 2020
Laos 2.23 79 1992 - 2020
Guinea 2.2 80 1991 - 2020
C.A. Republic 2.17 81 1978 - 2020
Bahrain 2.15 82 2005 - 2020
Mauritania 1.88 83 1997 - 2020

Economic outlook around the world

Definition: 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.
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4.70
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