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Top 10 Countries Spending the Most on Education

Where governments put the largest share of their economy into education.

  • Updated 1 h ago
  • 📏 Ranked by government spending on education (% of gdp)
  • 🔄 Refreshed weekly
  • 📚 Source: World Bank Open Data

  1. Kiribati

    Data year 2023

    16.4% of GDP

    No change

  2. Tuvalu

    Data year 2023

    12.8% of GDP

    No change

  3. Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

    Data year 2020

    11.6% of GDP

    No change
  1. 4NamibiaData year 20249.1% of GDPNo change
  2. 5AlgeriaData year 20249.0% of GDPNo change
  3. 6CubaData year 20228.4% of GDPNo change
  4. 7Solomon IslandsData year 20238.3% of GDPNo change
  5. 8BotswanaData year 20208.1% of GDPNo change
  6. 9Marshall IslandsData year 20227.7% of GDPNo change
  7. 10VanuatuData year 20247.6% of GDPNo change
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  1. 11MauritaniaData year 20247.6% of GDPNo change
  2. 12BoliviaData year 20247.5% of GDPNo change
  3. 13SwedenData year 20227.3% of GDPNo change
  4. 14IcelandData year 20227.3% of GDPNo change
  5. 15Kyrgyz RepublicData year 20236.8% of GDPNo change
  6. 16TunisiaData year 20236.7% of GDPNo change
  7. 17LesothoData year 20246.6% of GDPNo change
  8. 18MoldovaData year 20236.6% of GDPNo change
  9. 19St. Vincent and the GrenadinesData year 20236.5% of GDPNo change
  10. 20KuwaitData year 20246.4% of GDPNo change
  11. 21FinlandData year 20226.4% of GDPNo change
  12. 22DenmarkData year 20226.4% of GDPNo change
  13. 23BelgiumData year 20226.3% of GDPNo change
  14. 24SenegalData year 20236.2% of GDPNo change
  15. 25EswatiniData year 20246.0% of GDPNo change
  16. 26South AfricaData year 20246.0% of GDPNo change
  17. 27MoroccoData year 20246.0% of GDPNo change
  18. 28MozambiqueData year 20246.0% of GDPNo change
  19. 29IsraelData year 20225.9% of GDPNo change
  20. 30United KingdomData year 20245.9% of GDPNo change
  21. 31BhutanData year 20235.8% of GDPNo change
  22. 32NaoeroData year 20235.8% of GDPNo change
  23. 33BrazilData year 20245.6% of GDPNo change
  24. 34JamaicaData year 20245.5% of GDPNo change
  25. 35UzbekistanData year 20235.5% of GDPNo change
  26. 36SamoaData year 20245.5% of GDPNo change
  27. 37CuracaoData year 20245.4% of GDPNo change
  28. 38TajikistanData year 20235.4% of GDPNo change
  29. 39West Bank and GazaData year 20215.4% of GDPNo change
  30. 40NorwayData year 20225.4% of GDPNo change
  31. 41United StatesData year 20245.4% of GDPNo change
  32. 42Korea, Rep.Data year 20225.4% of GDPNo change
  33. 43DominicaData year 20245.4% of GDPNo change
  34. 44Burkina FasoData year 20245.3% of GDPNo change
  35. 45FranceData year 20245.3% of GDPNo change
  36. 46Costa RicaData year 20235.3% of GDPNo change
  37. 47TongaData year 20225.3% of GDPNo change
  38. 48SloveniaData year 20225.3% of GDPNo change
  39. 49AustriaData year 20225.3% of GDPNo change
  40. 50ColombiaData year 20205.3% of GDPNo change

How this list is ranked

Government spending on education (% of GDP) (World Bank indicator SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS), latest year available for each country, from the last 6 years only.

Data from World Bank Open Data, refreshed weekly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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