This list shows the spending on education of various countries as a percentage of total government expenditure. It is based on data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.[1]
The UNESCO dataset does not specify whether education capital expenditures are included, or whether only recurrent expenditures were considered.
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| Country | Expenditure on education (% of government spending) |
Year |
|---|---|---|
 Grenada |
42.79 | 2016 |
 Zimbabwe |
30.01 | 2014 |
 Ethiopia |
27.10 | 2015 |
 Eswatini |
24.95 | 2014 |
 Bhutan |
24.04 | 2017 |
 Guatemala |
23.09 | 2017 |
 Tunisia |
22.90 | 2015 |
 Micronesia |
22.31 | 2015 |
 Honduras |
22.02 | 2017 |
 Saint Lucia |
21.98 | 2016 |
 Belize |
21.68 | 2017 |
 Senegal |
21.56 | 2017 |
 Chile |
21.16 | 2016 |
 Malaysia |
21.06 | 2017 |
 Turkmenistan |
20.80 | 2012 |
 Indonesia |
20.50 | 2015 |
 Burundi |
20.40 | 2017 |
 Ghana |
20.10 | 2017 |
 Iran |
20.04 | 2017 |
 Singapore |
19.96 | 2013 |
 Uzbekistan |
19.96 | 2017 |
 Mauritius |
19.93 | 2017 |
 Sierra Leone |
19.92 | 2017 |
 Thailand |
19.13 | 2013 |
 Mexico |
19.02 | 2015 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
18.98 | 2017 |
 Mozambique |
18.98 | 2013 |
 Madagascar |
18.97 | 2014 |
 Benin |
18.79 | 2016 |
 South Africa |
18.73 | 2017 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
18.64 | 2017 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
18.62 | 2017 |
 Viet Nam |
18.52 | 2013 |
 Jamaica |
18.40 | 2017 |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
18.40 | 2017 |
 Republic of Moldova |
18.33 | 2017 |
 Guyana |
18.28 | 2017 |
 Peru |
18.24 | 2017 |
 Iceland |
18.16 | 2015 |
 Burkina Faso |
18.03 | 2015 |
 Hong Kong |
17.84 | 2017 |
 Kenya |
17.58 | 2017 |
 United Republic of Tanzania |
17.30 | 2014 |
 Bolivia |
16.84 | 2014 |
 New Zealand |
16.57 | 2016 |
 Tajikistan |
16.44 | 2015 |
 Cabo Verde |
16.38 | 2017 |
 Cyprus |
16.28 | 2015 |
 Brazil |
16.25 | 2015 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
16.19 | 2013 |
 Togo |
15.99 | 2016 |
 Nepal |
15.75 | 2017 |
 Norway |
15.73 | 2015 |
 Afghanistan |
15.66 | 2017 |
 El Salvador |
15.63 | 2017 |
 Switzerland |
15.53 | 2016 |
 Sweden |
15.50 | 2015 |
 Cameroon |
15.47 | 2017 |
 Oman |
15.34 | 2017 |
 Comoros |
15.27 | 2015 |
 Colombia |
15.17 | 2017 |
 Israel |
15.04 | 2015 |
 Sri Lanka |
14.50 | 2017 |
 Malawi |
14.34 | 2017 |
 Fiji |
14.30 | 2013 |
 Latvia |
14.13 | 2015 |
 Australia |
14.08 | 2015 |
 India |
14.05 | 2013 |
 United Kingdom |
13.92 | 2016 |
 Mali |
13.90 | 2016 |
 Czechia |
13.88 | 2015 |
 Pakistan |
13.85 | 2017 |
 Denmark |
13.83 | 2014 |
 Lesotho |
13.80 | 2018 |
 Albania |
13.60 | 2016 |
 United States of America |
13.59 | 2014 |
 Mongolia |
13.49 | 2017 |
 Argentina |
13.38 | 2016 |
 Guinea |
13.38 | 2017 |
 Niger |
13.25 | 2017 |
 Malta |
13.15 | 2015 |
 Haiti |
13.13 | 2016 |
 Ireland |
13.03 | 2015 |
 Estonia |
12.97 | 2015 |
 Georgia |
12.95 | 2017 |
 Barbados |
12.88 | 2017 |
 Turkey |
12.84 | 2015 |
 Ecuador |
12.60 | 2015 |
 Jordan |
12.53 | 2017 |
 Chad |
12.46 | 2013 |
 Finland |
12.41 | 2015 |
 Ukraine |
12.35 | 2016 |
 Lithuania |
12.29 | 2015 |
 Belarus |
12.28 | 2017 |
 Netherlands |
12.25 | 2015 |
 Lao People's Democratic Republic |
12.19 | 2014 |
 Belgium |
12.17 | 2015 |
 Uganda |
12.01 | 2017 |
 Vanuatu |
11.78 | 2017 |
 Seychelles |
11.72 | 2016 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
11.71 | 2017 |
 Poland |
11.58 | 2015 |
 Bulgaria |
11.44 | 2013 |
 Brunei Darussalam |
11.44 | 2016 |
 Bangladesh |
11.42 | 2016 |
 Kazakhstan |
11.42 | 2017 |
 Maldives |
11.29 | 2016 |
 Gabon |
11.23 | 2014 |
 Slovenia |
11.22 | 2015 |
 Rwanda |
11.08 | 2017 |
 Germany |
10.99 | 2015 |
 Russian Federation |
10.87 | 2015 |
 Austria |
10.69 | 2015 |
 Dominica |
10.52 | 2015 |
 Samoa |
10.48 | 2016 |
 Gambia |
10.36 | 2016 |
 Slovakia |
10.28 | 2015 |
 Armenia |
10.20 | 2016 |
 Portugal |
10.15 | 2015 |
 Spain |
9.77 | 2015 |
 France |
9.62 | 2015 |
 Croatia |
9.49 | 2013 |
 Luxembourg |
9.43 | 2015 |
 Myanmar |
9.41 | 2018 |
 Mauritania |
9.33 | 2016 |
 Hungary |
9.14 | 2015 |
 Japan |
9.13 | 2016 |
 Romania |
9.08 | 2015 |
 Qatar |
8.88 | 2017 |
 Cambodia |
8.79 | 2014 |
 Serbia |
8.69 | 2016 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
8.64 | 2015 |
 Lebanon |
8.58 | 2013 |
 Azerbaijan |
8.20 | 2016 |
 Italy |
8.11 | 2015 |
 Congo |
7.95 | 2015 |
 Namibia |
7.64 | 2014 |
 Bahrain |
7.18 | 2017 |
 Liberia |
7.06 | 2017 |
 Timor-Leste |
6.77 | 2014 |
 South Sudan |
1.07 | 2017 |