Education expenditures

This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.

Country Comparison Ranking

• Afghanistan

  3.2% of GDP (2019)

• Akrotiri

  NA

• Albania

  3.9% of GDP (2019)

• Algeria

  6.1% of GDP (2019)

• American Samoa

  NA

• Andorra

  3.2% of GDP (2019)

• Angola

  1.8% of GDP (2019)

• Anguilla

  3.6% of GDP (2018)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  3.3% of GDP (2020)

• Argentina

  4.8% of GDP (2019)

• Armenia

  2.7% of GDP (2020)

• Aruba

  5.5% of GDP (2016)

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  NA

• Australia

  5.1% of GDP (2018)

• Austria

  5.2% of GDP (2018)

• Azerbaijan

  2.7% of GDP (2019)

• Bahamas, The

  2.5% of GDP (2020)

• Bahrain

  2.3% of GDP (2017)

• Bangladesh

  1.3% of GDP (2019)

• Barbados

  4.3% of GDP (2020)

• Belarus

  5% of GDP (2020)

• Belgium

  6.4% of GDP (2018)

• Belize

  7.9% of GDP (2020)

• Benin

  3% of GDP (2019)

• Bermuda

  1.3% of GDP (2017)

• Bhutan

  6.9% of GDP (2018)

• Bolivia

  7.3% of GDP (2014)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  NA

• Botswana

  6.9% of GDP (2019)

• Brazil

  6.1% of GDP (2018)

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  NA

• British Virgin Islands

  2.9% of GDP (2019)

• Brunei

  4.4% of GDP (2016)

• Bulgaria

  4.1% of GDP (2017)

• Burkina Faso

  5.8% of GDP (2019)

• Burma

  2% of GDP (2019)

• Burundi

  5.1% of GDP (2018)

• Cabo Verde

  4.7% of GDP (2019)

• Cambodia

  2.2% of GDP (2018)

• Cameroon

  3.1% of GDP (2019)

• Canada

  5.3% of GDP (2011)

• Cayman Islands

  NA

• Central African Republic

  1.8% of GDP (2019)

• Chad

  2.4% of GDP (2019)

• Chile

  5.4% of GDP (2018)

• China

  3.5% of GDP NA (2018)

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Clipperton Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  NA

• Colombia

  4.5% of GDP (2019)

• Comoros

  2.5% of GDP (2015)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  1.5% of GDP (2017)

• Congo, Republic of the

  3.9% of GDP (2019)

• Cook Islands

  3.5% of GDP (2019)

• Coral Sea Islands

  NA

• Costa Rica

  6.7% of GDP (2020)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  3.7% of GDP (2019)

• Croatia

  3.9% of GDP (2017)

• Cuba

  NA

• Curacao

  4.9% of GDP (2013)

• Cyprus

  5.8% of GDP (2017)

• Czechia

  4.3% of GDP (2018)

• Denmark

  7.8% of GDP (2017)

• Dhekelia

  NA

• Djibouti

  3.6% of GDP (2018)

• Dominica

  5% of GDP (2020)

• Dominican Republic

  4% of GDP (2019)

• Ecuador

  4.1% of GDP (2020)

• Egypt

  3.9% of GDP NA (2015)

• El Salvador

  3.4% of GDP (2019)

• Equatorial Guinea

  NA

• Eritrea

  NA

• Estonia

  5.2% of GDP (2018)

• Eswatini

  5.3% of GDP (2020)

• Ethiopia

  5.1% of GDP (2018)

• European Union

  4.7% of GDP (2019)

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  NA

• Faroe Islands

  8.2% of GDP (2017)

• Fiji

  5.1% of GDP (2019)

• Finland

  6.3% of GDP (2018)

• France

  5.4% of GDP (2018)

• French Polynesia

  NA

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  NA

• Gabon

  2.8% of GDP (2019)

• Gambia, The

  2.9% of GDP (2019)

• Gaza Strip

  5.3% of GDP (2018)
  
  note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• Georgia

  3.8% of GDP (2020)

• Germany

  5% of GDP (2018)

• Ghana

  4% of GDP (2018)

• Gibraltar

  NA

• Greece

  3.6% of GDP (2018)

• Greenland

  10.6% of GDP NA (2018)

• Grenada

  3.6% of GDP (2018)

• Guam

  NA

• Guatemala

  3.3% of GDP (2020)

• Guernsey

  NA

• Guinea

  2.2% of GDP (2020)

• Guinea-Bissau

  2.9% of GDP (2019)

• Guyana

  4.5% of GDP (2018)

• Haiti

  1.7% of GDP (2018)

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  NA

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

  4.9% of GDP (2019)

• Hong Kong

  4.4% of GDP (2020)

• Hungary

  4.6% of GDP (2018)

• Iceland

  7.6% of GDP (2018)

• India

  3.5% of GDP (2016)

• Indonesia

  2.8% of GDP (2019)

• Iran

  3.7% of GDP (2019)

• Iraq

  NA

• Ireland

  3.4% of GDP (2018)

• Isle of Man

  NA

• Israel

  6.2% of GDP (2018)

• Italy

  4.3% of GDP (2018)

• Jamaica

  5.4% of GDP (2020)

• Jan Mayen

  NA

• Japan

  3.2% of GDP (2017)

• Jersey

  NA

• Jordan

  3% of GDP (2019)

• Kazakhstan

  2.9% of GDP (2019)

• Kenya

  5.1% of GDP (2020)

• Kiribati

  12.4% of GDP NA (2019)

• Korea, North

  NA

• Korea, South

  4.5% of GDP (2018)

• Kosovo

  NA

• Kuwait

  6.6% of GDP (2020)

• Kyrgyzstan

  5.4% of GDP (2019)

• Laos

  2.9% of GDP (2014)

• Latvia

  4.2% of GDP (2018)

• Lebanon

  2.6% of GDP (2019)

• Lesotho

  7.4% of GDP (2020)

• Liberia

  2.3% of GDP (2020)

• Libya

  NA

• Liechtenstein

  2.6% of GDP (2011)

• Lithuania

  3.9% of GDP (2018)

• Luxembourg

  3.7% of GDP (2018)

• Macau

  3.1% of GDP (2019)

• Madagascar

  2.9% of GDP (2019)

• Malawi

  2.9% of GDP (2020)

• Malaysia

  4.2% of GDP (2019)

• Maldives

  4.1% of GDP (2019)

• Mali

  3.4% of GDP (2019)

• Malta

  4.7% of GDP (2017)

• Marshall Islands

  9.6% of GDP (2019)

• Mauritania

  1.9% of GDP (2020)

• Mauritius

  4.6% of GDP (2020)

• Mexico

  4.3% of GDP (2018)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  9.7% of GDP (2018)

• Moldova

  6.1% of GDP (2019)

• Monaco

  1.2% of GDP (2019)

• Mongolia

  4.9% of GDP (2019)

• Montenegro

  NA

• Montserrat

  9.1% of GDP (2019)

• Morocco

  NA
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  6.2% of GDP (2019)

• Namibia

  9.4% of GDP (2020)

• Nauru

  NA

• Navassa Island

  NA

• Nepal

  4.4% of GDP (2018)

• Netherlands

  5.4% of GDP (2018)

• New Caledonia

  NA

• New Zealand

  6% of GDP (2018)

• Nicaragua

  3.4% of GDP (2019)

• Niger

  3.5% of GDP (2019)

• Nigeria

  NA

• Niue

  NA

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

  NA

• Northern Mariana Islands

  NA

• Norway

  7.6% of GDP (2018)

• Oman

  5.4% of GDP (2019)

• Pakistan

  2.5% of GDP (2019)

• Palau

  NA

• Panama

  3.1% of GDP (2019)

• Papua New Guinea

  1.9% of GDP (2018)

• Paracel Islands

  NA

• Paraguay

  3.5% of GDP (2019)

• Peru

  4.2% of GDP (2020)

• Philippines

  3.2% of GDP (2019)

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

  4.6% of GDP (2018)

• Portugal

  4.7% of GDP (2018)

• Puerto Rico

  6.1% of GDP (2014)

• Qatar

  3.2% of GDP (2020)

• Romania

  3.3% of GDP (2018)

• Russia

  4.7% of GDP (2018)

• Rwanda

  3.4% of GDP (2020)

• Saint Barthelemy

  NA

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  NA

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  2.6% of GDP (2015)

• Saint Lucia

  3.6% of GDP (2020)

• Saint Martin

  NA

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  NA

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  5.7% of GDP (2018)

• Samoa

  4.8% of GDP (2020)

• San Marino

  3.4% of GDP (2019)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  5.9% of GDP (2019)

• Saudi Arabia

  NA

• Senegal

  5.3% of GDP (2019)

• Serbia

  3.6% of GDP (2019)

• Seychelles

  3.9% of GDP (2019)

• Sierra Leone

  9.3% of GDP (2020)

• Singapore

  2.5% of GDP (2020)

• Sint Maarten

  NA

• Slovakia

  4% of GDP (2018)

• Slovenia

  4.9% of GDP (2018)

• Solomon Islands

  10.1% of GDP (2015)

• Somalia

  NA

• South Africa

  6.8% of GDP (2020)

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  NA

• South Sudan

  1.5% of GDP (2016)

• Spain

  4.2% of GDP (2018)

• Spratly Islands

  NA

• Sri Lanka

  2.1% of GDP (2018)

• Sudan

  NA

• Suriname

  7.2% of GDP (2019)

• Svalbard

  NA

• Sweden

  7.6% of GDP (2018)

• Switzerland

  4.9% of GDP (2018)

• Syria

  NA

• Taiwan

  NA

• Tajikistan

  5.7% of GDP (2019)

• Tanzania

  3.1% of GDP (2020)

• Thailand

  3% of GDP (2019)

• Timor-Leste

  6.8% of GDP (2018)

• Togo

  5% of GDP (2019)

• Tokelau

  NA

• Tonga

  8% of GDP (2019)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  3.6% of GDP (2019)

• Tunisia

  7.3% of GDP (2016)

• Turkey

  4.3% of GDP (2018)

• Turkmenistan

  3.1% of GDP (2019)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  3.5% of GDP (2019)

• Tuvalu

  NA

• Uganda

  3% of GDP (2020)

• Ukraine

  5.4% of GDP (2019)

• United Arab Emirates

  3.1% of GDP (2019)

• United Kingdom

  5.2% of GDP (2018)

• United States

  5% of GDP (2014)

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  NA

• Uruguay

  4.7% of GDP (2019)

• Uzbekistan

  5.1% of GDP (2020)

• Vanuatu

  2.3% of GDP (2020)

• Venezuela

  1.3% of GDP (2017)

• Vietnam

  4.1% of GDP (2019)

• Virgin Islands

  NA

• Wake Island

  NA

• Wallis and Futuna

  NA

• West Bank

  5.3% of GDP (2018)
  
  note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• World

  NA

• Yemen

  NA

• Zambia

  4.5% of GDP (2019)

• Zimbabwe

  3.6% of GDP (2018)