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
51 Sierra Leone 5.35%
52 Eswatini 5.33%
53 Burundi 5.32%
54 Netherlands 5.29%
55 Argentina 5.28%
56 Switzerland 5.28%
57 Colombia 5.26%
58 Belize 5.21%
59 Burkina Faso 5.21%
60 Tajikistan 5.14%
61 Tonga 5.05%
62 Kenya 5.05%
63 Sao Tome and Principe 5.03%
64 Latvia 5.00%
65 Canada 4.89%
66 Portugal 4.86%
67 Belarus 4.86%
68 Spain 4.85%
69 Poland 4.80%
70 Slovak Republic 4.72%
71 Czechia 4.63%
72 Suriname 4.58%
73 Nicaragua 4.58%
74 Uruguay 4.55%
75 Korea, Rep. 4.53%
76 Dominican Republic 4.52%
77 Samoa 4.50%
78 Mexico 4.50%
79 Bulgaria 4.48%
80 Lithuania 4.47%
81 Dominica 4.46%
82 Kazakhstan 4.45%
83 Uzbekistan 4.44%
84 Italy 4.42%
85 Croatia 4.41%
86 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.41%
87 Mauritius 4.35%
88 Azerbaijan 4.33%
89 Panama 4.30%
90 India 4.29%
91 Puerto Rico (US) 4.29%
92 Ecuador 4.26%
93 Peru 4.26%
94 Nepal 4.24%
95 Congo, Rep. 4.22%
96 Trinidad and Tobago 4.22%
97 Seychelles 4.19%
98 Hungary 4.12%
99 Ethiopia 4.09%
100 Togo 4.09%

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.