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Field Listing :: Education expenditures
This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.

Country Comparison Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Education expenditures field
Country Education expenditures
Afghanistan
4.1% of GDP (2017)
Albania
3.6% of GDP (2017)
Algeria
NA
American Samoa
NA
Andorra
3.2% of GDP (2019)
Angola
3.4% of GDP (2010)
Anguilla
NA
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
NA
Arctic Ocean
Argentina
5.5% of GDP (2017)
Armenia
2.7% of GDP (2017)
Aruba
5.5% of GDP (2016)
Australia
5.1% of GDP (2017)
Austria
5.4% of GDP (2017)
Azerbaijan
2.5% of GDP (2018)
Bahamas, The
NA
Bahrain
2.3% of GDP (2017)
Bangladesh
1.3% of GDP (2019)
Barbados
4.4% of GDP (2017)
Belarus
4.8% of GDP (2017)
Belgium
6.4% of GDP (2017)
Belize
7.6% of GDP (2018)
Benin
2.9% of GDP (2018)
Bermuda
1.5% of GDP (2017)
Bhutan
6.9% of GDP (2018)
Bolivia
7.3% of GDP (2014)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
NA
Botswana
NA
Brazil
6.3% of GDP (2017)
British Virgin Islands
2.5% of GDP (2018)
Brunei
4.4% of GDP (2016)
Bulgaria
4.1% of GDP (2017)
Burkina Faso
5.4% of GDP (2018)
Burma
1.9% of GDP (2019)
Burundi
5.1% of GDP (2018)
Cabo Verde
5.2% of GDP (2017)
Cambodia
2.2% of GDP (2018)
Cameroon
3.1% of GDP (2018)
Canada
5.3% of GDP (2011)
Cayman Islands
NA
Central African Republic
1.2% of GDP (2011)
Chad
2.5% of GDP (2017)
Chile
5.4% of GDP (2017)
China
NA
Colombia
4.5% of GDP (2018)
Comoros
2.5% of GDP (2015)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1.5% of GDP (2017)
Congo, Republic of the
3.5% of GDP (2018)
Cook Islands
4.7% of GDP (2016)
Costa Rica
7% of GDP (2019)
Cote d'Ivoire
3.3% of GDP (2018)
Croatia
3.9% of GDP (2017)
Cuba
12.8% of GDP (2010)
Curacao
4.9% of GDP (2013)
Cyprus
5.8% of GDP (2017)
Czechia
3.9% of GDP (2017)
Denmark
7.8% of GDP (2017)
Djibouti
3.6% of GDP (2018)
Dominica
5.6% of GDP (2019)
Dominican Republic
NA
Ecuador
5% of GDP (2015)
Egypt
NA
El Salvador
3.6% of GDP (2018)
Equatorial Guinea
NA
Eritrea
NA
Estonia
5% of GDP (2017)
Eswatini
7.1% of GDP (2014)
Ethiopia
4.7% of GDP (2015)
European Union
4.6% of GDP (2017)
Fiji
3.9% of GDP (2013)
Finland
6.4% of GDP (2017)
France
5.5% of GDP (2017)
Gabon
2.7% of GDP (2014)
Gambia, The
2.4% of GDP (2018)
Gaza Strip
5.3% of GDP (2017)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Georgia
3.5% of GDP (2018)
Germany
4.9% of GDP (2017)
Ghana
4% of GDP (2018)
Gibraltar
NA
Greece
NA
Greenland
NA
Grenada
3.2% of GDP (2017)
Guam
NA
Guatemala
3.2% of GDP (2019)
Guernsey
NA
Guinea
2.3% of GDP (2018)
Guinea-Bissau
2.1% of GDP (2013)
Guyana
5.5% of GDP (2018)
Haiti
2.8% of GDP (2018)
Holy See (Vatican City)
NA
Honduras
6.1% of GDP (2018)
Hong Kong
3.8% of GDP (2019)
Hungary
4.7% of GDP (2017)
Iceland
7.7% of GDP (2017)
India
3.8% of GDP (2013)
Indonesia
3.6% of GDP (2015)
Iran
4% of GDP (2018)
Iraq
NA
Ireland
3.5% of GDP (2017)
Isle of Man
NA
Israel
6.1% of GDP (2017)
Italy
4% of GDP (2017)
Jamaica
5.2% of GDP (2019)
Japan
3.2% of GDP (2017)
Jersey
NA
Jordan
3.1% of GDP (2019)
Kazakhstan
2.6% of GDP (2018)
Kenya
5.3% of GDP (2018)
Kiribati
NA
Korea, North
NA
Korea, South
4.3% of GDP (2016)
Kosovo
NA
Kuwait
NA
Kyrgyzstan
6% of GDP (2017)
Laos
2.9% of GDP (2014)
Latvia
4.4% of GDP (2017)
Lebanon
2.5% of GDP (2013)
Lesotho
7% of GDP (2018)
Liberia
2.6% of GDP (2018)
Libya
NA
Liechtenstein
2.6% of GDP (2011)
Lithuania
3.8% of GDP (2017)
Luxembourg
3.6% of GDP (2017)
Macau
2.7% of GDP (2018)
Madagascar
2.8% of GDP (2018)
Malawi
4.7% of GDP (2018)
Malaysia
4.2% of GDP (2019)
Maldives
4.1% of GDP (2016)
Mali
3.8% of GDP (2017)
Malta
4.8% of GDP (2017)
Marshall Islands
NA
Mauritania
1.9% of GDP (2019)
Mauritius
4.7% of GDP (2019)
Mexico
4.5% of GDP (2017)
Micronesia, Federated States of
12.5% of GDP (2015)
Midway Islands
NA
Moldova
5.4% of GDP (2018)
Monaco
1.5% of GDP (2017)
Mongolia
4.1% of GDP (2017)
Montenegro
NA
Montserrat
8.8% of GDP (2019)
Morocco
NA
Mozambique
5.5% of GDP (2018)
Namibia
3.1% of GDP (2014)
Nauru
NA
Navassa Island
NA
Nepal
5.1% of GDP (2018)
Netherlands
5.2% of GDP (2017)
New Caledonia
NA
New Zealand
6.3% of GDP (2017)
Nicaragua
4.4% of GDP (2017)
Niger
3.5% of GDP (2018)
Nigeria
NA
Niue
NA
Norfolk Island
NA
North Macedonia
NA
Northern Mariana Islands
NA
Norway
7.9% of GDP (2017)
Oman
6.8% of GDP (2017)
Pakistan
2.9% of GDP (2017)
Palau
NA
Panama
3.2% of GDP (2011)
Papua New Guinea
1.9% of GDP (2018)
Paraguay
3.4% of GDP (2016)
Peru
3.8% of GDP (2019)
Philippines
NA
Poland
4.6% of GDP (2017)
Portugal
5% of GDP (2017)
Puerto Rico
6.1% of GDP (2014)
Qatar
2.7% of GDP (2019)
Romania
3.1% of GDP (2017)
Russia
4.7% of GDP (2017)
Rwanda
3.1% of GDP (2018)
Saint Barthelemy
NA
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2.6% of GDP (2015)
Saint Lucia
3.3% of GDP (2018)
Saint Martin
NA
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5.7% of GDP (2018)
Samoa
4.2% of GDP (2016)
San Marino
3.6% of GDP (2018)
Sao Tome and Principe
5.1% of GDP (2018)
Saudi Arabia
NA
Senegal
4.8% of GDP (2018)
Serbia
3.6% of GDP (2018)
Seychelles
4.4% of GDP (2016)
Sierra Leone
7.7% of GDP (2019)
Singapore
2.9% of GDP (2013)
Sint Maarten
NA
Slovakia
3.9% of GDP (2017)
Slovenia
4.8% of GDP (2017)
Solomon Islands
9.9% of GDP (2010)
Somalia
NA
South Africa
6.5% of GDP (2019)
South Sudan
1.5% of GDP (2016)
Spain
4.2% of GDP (2017)
Sri Lanka
2.1% of GDP (2018)
Sudan
NA
Suriname
NA
Svalbard
NA
Sweden
7.6% of GDP (2017)
Switzerland
5.1% of GDP (2017)
Syria
NA
Taiwan
NA
Tajikistan
5.2% of GDP (2015)
Tanzania
3.4% of GDP (2014)
Thailand
4.1% of GDP (2013)
Timor-Leste
6.8% of GDP (2018)
Togo
5.4% of GDP (2018)
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
NA
Trinidad and Tobago
NA
Tunisia
6.6% of GDP (2015)
Turkey
4.3% of GDP (2015)
Turkmenistan
3.1% of GDP (2012)
Turks and Caicos Islands
2.9% of GDP (2018)
Tuvalu
NA
Uganda
2.1% of GDP (2018)
Ukraine
5.4% of GDP (2017)
United Arab Emirates
NA
United Kingdom
5.4% of GDP (2017)
United States
5% of GDP (2014)
Uruguay
5% of GDP (2018)
Uzbekistan
5.3% of GDP (2017)
Vanuatu
4.5% of GDP (2017)
Venezuela
NA
Vietnam
4.2% of GDP (2018)
Virgin Islands
NA
Wallis and Futuna
NA
West Bank
5.3% of GDP (2017)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

World
NA
Yemen
NA
Zambia
4.6% of GDP NA (2018)
Zimbabwe
5.9% of GDP (2018)