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Education spending, % of government expenditure: ranking of countries
179 countries ranked by their latest value (2020–2025). Mauritania is highest at 31.9%; South Sudan is lowest at 0.0%.
World 14.0% (2023)Median country 12.7%179 countries
Education, % of budget: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Education, % of budget | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.9% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 28.5% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 27.6% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 25.2% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.6% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.3% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Sint Maarten | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.0% | 2023 | |
| 8 | Bhutan | South Asia | 22.2% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 22.1% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 22.0% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.5% | 2020 | |
| 12 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.4% | 2021 | |
| 16 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.4% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.3% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.2% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 20.1% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 19.6% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 19.3% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 19.3% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.2% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.2% | 2024 | |
| 25 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.1% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.9% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.8% | 2022 | |
| 28 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 18.6% | 2020 | |
| 29 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.4% | 2022 | |
| 30 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.1% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.9% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.8% | 2024 | |
| 35 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.6% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17.3% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.3% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.0% | 2022 | |
| 39 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 16.8% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.7% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.5% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Curaçao | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.4% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.3% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 16.1% | 2022 | |
| 45 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 16.0% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 16.0% | 2024 | |
| 47 | Puerto Rico | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 48 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Hong Kong | East Asia & Pacific | 15.7% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 15.7% | 2022 | |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.6% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.6% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 15.4% | 2022 | |
| 56 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 15.4% | 2022 | |
| 57 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 15.3% | 2022 | |
| 58 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 15.2% | 2025 | |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 14.8% | 2021 | |
| 60 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.7% | 2023 | |
| 61 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 14.5% | 2022 | |
| 64 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.2% | 2022 | |
| 65 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.2% | 2024 | |
| 67 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 14.2% | 2022 | |
| 69 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 14.2% | 2022 | |
| 70 | India | South Asia | 14.2% | 2022 | |
| 71 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 14.1% | 2023 | |
| 72 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.8% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 13.8% | 2024 | |
| 77 | British Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.6% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.6% | 2023 | |
| 79 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.4% | 2024 | |
| 80 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.4% | 2024 | |
| 81 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.2% | 2023 | |
| 82 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.2% | 2022 | |
| 83 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.2% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 13.0% | 2022 | |
| 85 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 13.0% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.9% | 2022 | |
| 87 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.8% | 2023 | |
| 88 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| 89 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 12.7% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 12.7% | 2021 | |
| 91 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 12.6% | 2022 | |
| 92 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.6% | 2024 | |
| 93 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.5% | 2022 | |
| 96 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 12.5% | 2022 | |
| 97 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| 98 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 12.3% | 2021 | |
| 99 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 12.3% | 2022 | |
| 100 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 12.2% | 2024 | |
| 101 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 12.1% | 2022 | |
| 103 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 12.0% | 2022 | |
| 104 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 12.0% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 12.0% | 2022 | |
| 106 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 12.0% | 2022 | |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| 108 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 11.9% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| 110 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 11.8% | 2021 | |
| 111 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 11.7% | 2022 | |
| 112 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.6% | 2024 | |
| 115 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.5% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 11.3% | 2022 | |
| 119 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 11.3% | 2022 | |
| 120 | United States | North America | 11.3% | 2021 | |
| 121 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 11.1% | 2022 | |
| 122 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.0% | 2024 | |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Aruba | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.0% | 2021 | |
| 125 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 10.9% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 10.8% | 2022 | |
| 127 | Nepal | South Asia | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.7% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 10.7% | 2022 | |
| 130 | Canada | North America | 10.7% | 2022 | |
| 131 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 10.4% | 2022 | |
| 134 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.4% | 2024 | |
| 135 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.3% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.3% | 2024 | |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 10.2% | 2021 | |
| 138 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| 139 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.0% | 2023 | |
| 140 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| 141 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 10.0% | 2022 | |
| 142 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.9% | 2022 | |
| 143 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 9.9% | 2022 | |
| 144 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.8% | 2024 | |
| 146 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.8% | 2023 | |
| 147 | Maldives | South Asia | 9.6% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 9.3% | 2024 | |
| 149 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.3% | 2020 | |
| 150 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.2% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 9.1% | 2025 | |
| 152 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 9.1% | 2022 | |
| 153 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 8.8% | 2022 | |
| 154 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 8.7% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Gibraltar | Europe & Central Asia | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.6% | 2024 | |
| 158 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 8.5% | 2021 | |
| 159 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.5% | 2022 | |
| 160 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 8.5% | 2022 | |
| 161 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 8.4% | 2023 | |
| 162 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.3% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 8.2% | 2024 | |
| 164 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.1% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 7.8% | 2022 | |
| 166 | Monaco | Europe & Central Asia | 7.7% | 2023 | |
| 167 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 7.4% | 2022 | |
| 168 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.4% | 2021 | |
| 169 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.2% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 7.2% | 2024 | |
| 171 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 6.6% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.5% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 6.4% | 2022 | |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.9% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.8% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 3.5% | 2023 | |
| 178 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.0% | 2024 | |
| 179 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.0% | 2024 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)