Vanuatu vs WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government
Vanuatu
19.3%
in 2024
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
13.3%
in 2024
Vanuatu rank
21st
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank
22nd
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government over time
- Vanuatu
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 19.3% against 13.3% in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), a difference of 6.0%.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.4 times WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)'s.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Vanuatu ranks 21st and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 22nd of 197 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Vanuatu averaged higher in 2 and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Vanuatu | WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.5% | 15.7% | 15.8% | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 14.0% | 15.1% | 1.1% | WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 13.4% | 3.3% | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher expenditure on education as a percentage of total government, Vanuatu or WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Vanuatu, at 19.3% against 13.3% in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in expenditure on education as a percentage of total government between Vanuatu and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 6.0%, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Vanuatu and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Vanuatu and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank globally for expenditure on education as a percentage of total government?
- Vanuatu ranks 21st and WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 22nd of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release