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
51 Switzerland 4.86%
52 Canada 4.84%
53 Mauritius 4.84%
54 Argentina 4.79%
55 Algeria 4.75%
56 Rwanda 4.74%
57 Cyprus 4.74%
58 Cabo Verde 4.73%
59 Malta 4.71%
60 Maldives 4.67%
61 Slovak Republic 4.66%
62 St. Lucia 4.64%
63 Belarus 4.63%
64 Belize 4.60%
65 Spain 4.59%
66 Portugal 4.55%
67 Kenya 4.51%
68 Bulgaria 4.50%
69 Honduras 4.48%
70 Uruguay 4.48%
71 Oman 4.38%
72 Kazakhstan 4.36%
73 Latvia 4.32%
74 Poland 4.31%
75 Czechia 4.30%
76 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 4.27%
77 Lithuania 4.25%
78 Barbados 4.14%
79 Nepal 4.14%
80 India 4.10%
81 Italy 4.07%
82 Mexico 4.06%
83 Russian Federation 4.05%
84 Mali 4.05%
85 Grenada 4.04%
86 Fiji 3.94%
87 Puerto Rico (US) 3.86%
88 Peru 3.84%
89 Hungary 3.80%
90 Nicaragua 3.80%
91 Togo 3.78%
92 Georgia 3.75%
93 Luxembourg 3.74%
94 Ethiopia 3.74%
95 Hong Kong SAR, China 3.73%
96 Niger 3.71%
97 Zambia 3.66%
98 Seychelles 3.66%
99 Ecuador 3.61%
100 Dominican Republic 3.61%

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.