El Salvador vs Rwanda: Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP

El Salvador
1.5%
in 2024
Rwanda
1.4%
in 2024
El Salvador rank
63rd
Rwanda rank
66th

Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Rwanda
123197519992024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.5% against 1.4% in Rwanda, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Rwanda ahead.

El Salvador ranks 63rd and Rwanda ranks 66th of 162 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Rwanda Difference Ahead
2000s 1.6% 1.7% 0.0% Rwanda
2010s 1.7% 1.3% 0.3% El Salvador
2020s 1.5% 1.9% 0.3% Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of gdp, El Salvador or Rwanda?
El Salvador, at 1.5% against 1.4% in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of gdp between El Salvador and Rwanda?
0.1%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Rwanda?
13 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Rwanda rank globally for government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 63rd and Rwanda ranks 66th of 162 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

El Salvador vs Rwanda: Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/government-expenditure-on-primary-education-as-a-percentage-of-gdp-percent/el-salvador/rwanda/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/government-expenditure-on-primary-education-as-a-percentage-of-gdp-percent/el-salvador/rwanda/">El Salvador vs Rwanda: Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Government expenditure on primary education as a percentage of GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
162 places, 3,611 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release