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

In 2021, Tuvalu leads Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) with 15.52%. Marshall Islands follows at 15.18%, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.33%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.03.97.811.615.5TuvaluTuvalu: 15.52%15.5Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 15.18%15.2KiribatiKiribati: 13.99%14.0NamibiaNamibia: 10.39%10.4VanuatuVanuatu: 10.11%10.1CubaCuba: 9.39%9.4Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 8.33%8.3IcelandIceland: 8.23%8.2BoliviaBolivia: 7.96%8.0KuwaitKuwait: 7.76%7.8SwedenSweden: 7.60%7.6NorwayNorway: 6.96%7.0

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Kyrgyz Republic 5.17%
52 Tonga 5.16%
53 Naoero 5.16%
54 Ukraine 5.14%
55 Macao SAR, China 5.11%
56 Cyprus 5.08%
57 Switzerland 5.03%
58 Chile 5.00%
59 Malta 4.93%
60 Kenya 4.89%
61 Burundi 4.87%
62 Seychelles 4.87%
63 Fiji 4.85%
64 Spain 4.81%
65 Portugal 4.77%
66 Latvia 4.77%
67 Canada 4.75%
68 Slovak Republic 4.72%
69 Bulgaria 4.71%
70 Mauritius 4.67%
71 Hungary 4.65%
72 Argentina 4.65%
73 Czechia 4.65%
74 India 4.63%
75 Poland 4.62%
76 Maldives 4.61%
77 Belarus 4.61%
78 Korea, Rep. 4.56%
79 Barbados 4.50%
80 Uruguay 4.46%
81 Nepal 4.43%
82 Kazakhstan 4.39%
83 Tajikistan 4.38%
84 Malaysia 4.26%
85 Lithuania 4.24%
86 Mexico 4.24%
87 Togo 4.23%
88 Italy 4.17%
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.14%
90 Uzbekistan 4.14%
91 Suriname 4.13%
92 Croatia 4.09%
93 Grenada 4.09%
94 Nicaragua 4.09%
95 Ethiopia 4.07%
96 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.00%
97 Russian Federation 3.99%
98 Palau 3.94%
99 Peru 3.93%
100 United Arab Emirates 3.89%

Analytical takeaways

  • Tuvalu leads the global ranking for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2021, with a lead of 0.33% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Norway at 6.96%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.