Countries with the highest
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

In 2020, Kiribati leads Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) with 16.23%. Tuvalu follows at 14.55%, and the gap between the top two positions is 1.68%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.04.18.112.216.2KiribatiKiribati: 16.23%16.2TuvaluTuvalu: 14.55%14.5Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 13.84%13.8Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 11.56%11.6CubaCuba: 11.52%11.5Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 9.64%9.6NamibiaNamibia: 9.28%9.3IcelandIceland: 8.58%8.6BoliviaBolivia: 8.44%8.4NorwayNorway: 8.37%8.4BotswanaBotswana: 8.06%8.1SwedenSweden: 7.95%8.0

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Kiribati 16.23%
2 Tuvalu 14.55%
3 Marshall Islands 13.84%
4 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 11.56%
5 Cuba 11.52%
6 Solomon Islands 9.64%
7 Namibia 9.28%
8 Iceland 8.58%
9 Bolivia 8.44%
10 Norway 8.37%
11 Botswana 8.06%
12 Sweden 7.95%
13 Denmark 7.39%
14 Tunisia 7.27%
15 Curacao 7.12%
16 Cabo Verde 7.09%
17 Oman 6.88%
18 Belgium 6.75%
19 Finland 6.68%
20 Costa Rica 6.63%
21 Moldova 6.60%
22 Israel 6.52%
23 Macao SAR, China 6.39%
24 Morocco 6.28%
25 Kuwait 6.25%
26 Algeria 6.19%
27 South Africa 6.17%
28 Mozambique 6.17%
29 Honduras 6.10%
30 Naoero 5.91%
31 Maldives 5.85%
32 Fiji 5.81%
33 Brazil 5.77%
34 Kyrgyz Republic 5.73%
35 Senegal 5.69%
36 France 5.66%
37 New Zealand 5.64%
38 Chile 5.63%
39 Austria 5.58%
40 Cyprus 5.56%
41 Germany 5.52%
42 Bhutan 5.47%
43 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5.46%
44 Estonia 5.44%
45 United Kingdom 5.44%
46 Slovenia 5.42%
47 United States 5.40%
48 Australia 5.39%
49 Ukraine 5.38%
50 Jamaica 5.38%

Analytical takeaways

  • Kiribati leads the global ranking for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2020, with a lead of 1.68% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Sweden at 7.95%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.