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
101 Turkmenistan 3.58%
102 Philippines 3.58%
103 Palau 3.58%
104 St. Kitts and Nevis 3.56%
105 Malaysia 3.50%
106 Cote d'Ivoire 3.47%
107 Suriname 3.43%
108 Paraguay 3.40%
109 Panama 3.38%
110 Greece 3.38%
111 Romania 3.28%
112 El Salvador 3.27%
113 Tanzania 3.24%
114 Guatemala 3.21%
115 Jordan 3.15%
116 Benin 3.10%
117 Turkiye 3.10%
118 Serbia 3.08%
119 Madagascar 3.07%
120 Azerbaijan 3.05%
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.97%
122 Ghana 2.91%
123 San Marino 2.90%
124 Gambia, The 2.89%
125 Viet Nam 2.89%
126 Congo, Dem. Rep. 2.84%
127 Trinidad and Tobago 2.82%
128 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.78%
129 Malawi 2.75%
130 Albania 2.73%
131 Congo, Rep. 2.73%
132 Iran, Islamic Rep. 2.67%
133 Cameroon 2.66%
134 Andorra 2.65%
135 Bahamas, The 2.62%
136 Thailand 2.61%
137 Chad 2.60%
138 Uganda 2.56%
139 Antigua and Barbuda 2.50%
140 Armenia 2.49%
141 British Virgin Islands 2.48%
142 Singapore 2.47%
143 Comoros 2.43%
144 Angola 2.39%
145 Liberia 2.28%
146 Gabon 2.21%
147 Central African Republic 2.12%
148 Bangladesh 2.09%
149 Guinea 2.01%
150 Pakistan 1.97%

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.