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

In 2022, Kiribati leads Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) with 14.79%. Tuvalu follows at 13.76%, and the gap between the top two positions is 1.02%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.03.77.411.114.8KiribatiKiribati: 14.79%14.8TuvaluTuvalu: 13.76%13.8VanuatuVanuatu: 10.70%10.7NamibiaNamibia: 9.39%9.4Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 8.49%8.5CubaCuba: 8.44%8.4Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 7.70%7.7BoliviaBolivia: 7.58%7.6BhutanBhutan: 7.47%7.5SwedenSweden: 7.32%7.3IcelandIceland: 7.31%7.3Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz Republic: 7.17%7.2

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Kiribati 14.79%
2 Tuvalu 13.76%
3 Vanuatu 10.70%
4 Namibia 9.39%
5 Solomon Islands 8.49%
6 Cuba 8.44%
7 Marshall Islands 7.70%
8 Bolivia 7.58%
9 Bhutan 7.47%
10 Sweden 7.32%
11 Iceland 7.31%
12 Kyrgyz Republic 7.17%
13 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7.08%
14 Tunisia 6.80%
15 Kuwait 6.58%
16 Finland 6.38%
17 Denmark 6.36%
18 Belgium 6.28%
19 Samoa 6.16%
20 South Africa 6.16%
21 Moldova 6.10%
22 Curacao 6.08%
23 Macao SAR, China 6.06%
24 Dominica 6.04%
25 Mozambique 5.98%
26 Senegal 5.95%
27 Israel 5.93%
28 Naoero 5.92%
29 Morocco 5.91%
30 Brazil 5.62%
31 Eswatini 5.57%
32 Costa Rica 5.55%
33 Norway 5.43%
34 Korea, Rep. 5.41%
35 Tajikistan 5.40%
36 Jamaica 5.35%
37 France 5.32%
38 Tonga 5.31%
39 Burkina Faso 5.29%
40 Slovenia 5.28%
41 Austria 5.28%
42 Germany 5.24%
43 Uzbekistan 5.23%
44 Estonia 5.21%
45 Sao Tome and Principe 5.19%
46 Netherlands 5.18%
47 New Zealand 5.17%
48 Australia 5.06%
49 Chile 4.91%
50 Sierra Leone 4.91%

Analytical takeaways

  • Kiribati leads the global ranking for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2022, with a lead of 1.02% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Kyrgyz Republic at 7.17%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.