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Public spending on education, percent of public spending, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 113 countries was 13.94 percent. The highest value was in Sierra Leone: 29.37 percent and the lowest value was in Nigeria: 4.3 percent. The indicator is available from 1972 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: UNESCO
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Countries Education spending, percent of government spending, 2022 Global rank Available data
Sierra Leone 29.37 1 2000 - 2022
Turkmenistan 28.68 2 2012 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 25.78 3 1991 - 2023
Namibia 25.32 4 1999 - 2023
Paraguay 24.07 5 1985 - 2023
Morocco 23.87 6 1991 - 2023
Ethiopia 23.01 7 1980 - 2022
Senegal 22.48 8 1998 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 22.36 9 2000 - 2023
Burkina Faso 21.96 10 1988 - 2023
Tajikistan 21.35 11 2021 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 20.98 12 2014 - 2022
Vanuatu 20.94 13 1994 - 2023
Burundi 20.64 14 1991 - 2023
Malaysia 20.15 15 1992 - 2023
Tunisia 19.97 16 1992 - 2023
Bhutan 19.65 17 2000 - 2023
Nicaragua 19.4 18 1982 - 2023
Guatemala 18.94 19 2014 - 2022
Iran 18.82 20 1991 - 2022
South Africa 18.65 21 1996 - 2022
Mali 18.19 22 2000 - 2023
Belize 17.83 23 1999 - 2023
Israel 17.53 24 2000 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 17.09 25 2002 - 2023
Jamaica 16.93 26 1991 - 2022
Chad 16.72 27 1997 - 2023
Swaziland 16.62 28 1981 - 2022
Peru 16.47 29 2000 - 2023
Saint Lucia 16.34 30 1986 - 2022
Kiribati 16.12 31 2011 - 2022
Benin 16.09 32 1998 - 2023
Ivory Coast 15.9 33 1997 - 2023
Moldova 15.8 34 2002 - 2022
Panama 15.73 35 1995 - 2023
Philippines 15.7 36 1995 - 2023
Cape Verde 15.69 37 1998 - 2023
Lesotho 15.54 38 1983 - 2023
R. of Congo 15.51 39 1994 - 2023
Vietnam 15.45 40 2008 - 2022
Switzerland 15.41 41 1990 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 15.23 42 1986 - 2023
Uruguay 14.93 43 2000 - 2023
Iceland 14.9 44 1998 - 2022
Gambia 14.48 45 2000 - 2023
Togo 14.48 46 1992 - 2023
Tanzania 14.33 47 1996 - 2023
Oman 14.18 48 1991 - 2022
India 14.16 49 1997 - 2022
Australia 13.94 50 1999 - 2022
Indonesia 13.93 51 2008 - 2022
North Korea 13.86 52 2010 - 2023
Gabon 13.8 53 1992 - 2023
Ghana 13.18 54 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 13.14 55 2009 - 2022
Haiti 13.12 56 2014 - 2023
Algeria 13.1 57 2008 - 2023
Belarus 12.81 58 2003 - 2022
Cameroon 12.77 59 2000 - 2023
Rwanda 12.77 60 1999 - 2023
Barbados 12.73 61 1999 - 2023
Argentina 12.71 62 1996 - 2022
Fiji 12.65 63 1998 - 2023
Niger 12.37 64 1996 - 2023
Kuwait 12.26 65 1985 - 2023
Mauritius 12.19 66 2002 - 2022
Georgia 12.17 67 1995 - 2022
Guinea 11.95 68 1991 - 2023
Denmark 11.8 69 1995 - 2022
Bangladesh 11.66 70 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 11.62 71 1995 - 2022
Bahamas 11.44 72 2000 - 2023
Thailand 11.19 73 2013 - 2022
Maldives 11.08 74 2002 - 2023
Canada 11.05 75 2008 - 2022
Suriname 10.96 76 2015 - 2023
Samoa 10.78 77 1999 - 2023
C.A. Republic 10.74 78 1990 - 2023
Luxembourg 10.74 79 1995 - 2022
UK 10.64 80 1995 - 2022
China 10.5 81 2005 - 2022
Comoros 10.48 82 1998 - 2022
Palau 10.18 83 2000 - 2023
Macao 10.12 84 1996 - 2022
Norway 10.12 85 1995 - 2022
Singapore 10.07 86 1990 - 2022
Grenada 9.87 87 2003 - 2023
Laos 9.82 88 2000 - 2023
Tonga 9.77 89 1999 - 2023
Armenia 9.7 90 2013 - 2022
Jordan 9.68 91 1986 - 2022
Pakistan 9.4 92 1993 - 2023
Dominica 9.36 93 1998 - 2023
Bahrain 9.3 94 2006 - 2022
Ecuador 9.29 95 1998 - 2023
Spain 9.25 96 1995 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 9.2 97 1989 - 2022
Germany 9.19 98 1991 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 9.17 99 1999 - 2023
Austria 8.98 100 1995 - 2022
Turkey 8.78 101 2008 - 2022
Ukraine 8.49 102 2001 - 2022
Uganda 8.48 103 2000 - 2023
Mauritania 8.45 104 2004 - 2023
Gibraltar 7.82 105 2010 - 2023
Japan 7.52 106 2005 - 2022
San Marino 7.46 107 2002 - 2022
Serbia 7.45 108 2007 - 2022
Andorra 6.96 109 2012 - 2023
Angola 6.64 110 1998 - 2023
Sri Lanka 5.35 111 1991 - 2023
Monaco 4.8 112 1988 - 2023
Nigeria 4.3 113 2010 - 2023



Definition: 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.

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