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

In 2024, Namibia leads Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) with 9.08%. Algeria follows at 8.98%, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.11%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.02.34.56.89.1NamibiaNamibia: 9.08%9.1AlgeriaAlgeria: 8.98%9.0VanuatuVanuatu: 7.64%7.6MauritaniaMauritania: 7.61%7.6BoliviaBolivia: 7.54%7.5LesothoLesotho: 6.62%6.6KuwaitKuwait: 6.44%6.4EswatiniEswatini: 6.03%6.0South AfricaSouth Africa: 6.02%6.0JamaicaJamaica: 5.51%5.5SamoaSamoa: 5.46%5.5CuracaoCuracao: 5.44%5.4

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Namibia 9.08%
2 Algeria 8.98%
3 Vanuatu 7.64%
4 Mauritania 7.61%
5 Bolivia 7.54%
6 Lesotho 6.62%
7 Kuwait 6.44%
8 Eswatini 6.03%
9 South Africa 6.02%
10 Jamaica 5.51%
11 Samoa 5.46%
12 Curacao 5.44%
13 Dominica 5.39%
14 Mongolia 5.21%
15 Belarus 5.05%
16 Belize 4.62%
17 Rwanda 4.61%
18 Peru 4.36%
19 Turkmenistan 4.29%
20 Puerto Rico (US) 4.27%
21 Mauritius 4.25%
22 Kenya 4.02%
23 Georgia 3.98%
24 Philippines 3.93%
25 St. Lucia 3.85%
26 Hong Kong SAR, China 3.81%
27 Ecuador 3.69%
28 Nepal 3.69%
29 Cote d'Ivoire 3.61%
30 Barbados 3.56%
31 Paraguay 3.53%
32 El Salvador 3.32%
33 Jordan 3.23%
34 Tanzania 3.16%
35 Guatemala 3.08%
36 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.95%
37 Ethiopia 2.30%
38 Singapore 2.19%
39 Bangladesh 2.03%
40 Lebanon 1.22%

Analytical takeaways

  • Namibia leads the global ranking for Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) in 2024, with a lead of 0.11% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Curacao at 5.44%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.