Rwanda vs Spain: Government spending on education as a share of GDP

Rwanda

4.6%

in 2024

Spain

4.6%

in 2022

Rwanda rank

76th

Spain rank

77th

Government spending on education as a share of GDP over time

Rwanda currently reports 4.6% against 4.6% in Spain, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Rwanda ahead.

Rwanda ranks 76th and Spain ranks 77th of 199 countries.

Indicator: Government spending on education as a share of GDP
Unit: % of GDP
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 5,187 data points, 1870–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.