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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.

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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
151 Cambodia 1.96%
152 Bermuda 1.78%
153 Bahrain 1.71%
154 Cayman Islands 1.49%
155 Lao PDR 1.46%
156 Mauritania 1.39%
157 Lebanon 1.33%
158 Sri Lanka 1.20%
159 Monaco 1.17%
160 Haiti 1.03%
161 Indonesia 0.86%
162 Papua New Guinea 0.64%
163 Nigeria 0.35%
164 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.00%

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.