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Current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions) by country

Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current...

Countries reporting
126
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
71.4%
Sierra Leone
Median
94.0%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,933

What the numbers show

Current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions) is currently reported for 126 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 71.4% in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.0%, and the mean is 93.0%.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 126.9%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 27.7%).

Current education expenditure, primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Aruba 100.0% 2016 up 0.5% rising
1 Bangladesh 100.0% 2012 up 27.2% rising
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2023 — flat
1 Cambodia 100.0% 2014 unchanged flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2021 unchanged rising
1 Kuwait 100.0% 2014 up 3.2% falling
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2023 up 13.0% flat
1 Niger 100.0% 2018 up 12.5% rising
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2018 unchanged rising
1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% 2023 unchanged rising
11 Comoros 100.0% 2015 up 126.9% rising
12 Vanuatu 100.0% 2020 up 2.1% rising
13 Ecuador 100.0% 2024 up 4.7% flat
14 Jamaica 99.9% 2024 up 2.3% rising
15 San Marino 99.9% 2023 down 0.1% flat
16 Thailand 99.9% 2014 up 2.6% flat
17 Greece 99.8% 2022 up 4.1% flat
18 Cuba 99.5% 2010 up 3.9% rising
19 Mali 99.4% 2021 up 2.4% rising
20 Maldives 99.2% 2019 down 0.5% flat
21 Malawi 99.1% 2016 down 0.9% flat
22 Singapore 99.1% 2023 up 15.7% rising
23 Senegal 98.8% 2022 up 11.3% rising
24 Costa Rica 98.8% 2023 up 3.9% flat
25 Malaysia 98.8% 2021 down 1.2% rising
26 Zambia 98.6% 2017 down 0.0% flat
27 Guinea 98.6% 2020 up 0.5% rising
28 Mexico 98.5% 2022 up 1.0% flat
29 Andorra 98.3% 2023 down 0.8% flat
30 Barbados 98.1% 2023 up 6.6% rising
31 Venezuela 98.0% 2023 down 1.3% flat
32 Sri Lanka 97.7% 2020 up 6.1% rising
33 Madagascar 97.7% 2013 up 77.8% rising
34 Portugal 97.6% 2022 up 1.5% flat
35 Togo 97.6% 2024 down 2.0% rising
36 Burkina Faso 97.6% 2016 up 62.6% rising
37 Paraguay 97.4% 2024 up 5.0% flat
38 Malta 97.3% 2022 down 0.5% rising
39 Burundi 97.1% 2012 up 13.2% flat
40 Timor-Leste 97.0% 2014 up 54.3% rising
41 Cape Verde 97.0% 2019 up 4.9% rising
42 Hungary 96.8% 2022 down 0.2% flat
43 Cyprus 96.7% 2022 up 10.5% rising
44 Chile 96.6% 2022 down 1.4% rising
45 Italy 96.5% 2022 up 0.1% flat
46 South Africa 96.5% 2024 up 0.5% flat
47 Namibia 96.3% 2017 down 2.7% flat
48 Ukraine 96.0% 2021 down 0.4% flat
49 Guatemala 95.9% 2024 down 1.2% flat
50 Kenya 95.7% 2015 — flat
51 Romania 95.7% 2022 down 0.4% flat
52 Spain 95.4% 2022 down 0.5% flat
53 Eritrea 95.3% 2005 up 11.2% rising
54 Dominican Republic 95.3% 2023 up 47.2% flat
55 Oman 95.2% 2024 up 0.0% rising
56 Belgium 95.1% 2022 up 1.6% flat
57 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 95.1% 2024 up 8.1% rising
58 Lithuania 95.1% 2022 up 0.3% flat
59 Jordan 94.9% 2024 down 1.7% flat
60 Argentina 94.8% 2023 down 1.3% flat
61 Uruguay 94.8% 2023 down 0.7% flat
62 India 94.5% 2005 down 3.0% flat
63 Brazil 94.2% 2022 up 3.1% flat
64 Slovakia 93.8% 2022 down 2.2% flat
65 Philippines 93.7% 2009 down 2.1% flat
66 Poland 93.7% 2022 down 1.0% flat
67 Uganda 93.4% 2014 up 25.8% rising
68 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 93.3% 2021 down 0.4% flat
69 Ghana 93.1% 2014 up 8.1% rising
70 Hong Kong 93.0% 2012 up 1.8% flat
71 Dominica 92.9% 2023 down 7.1% flat
72 Czechia 92.8% 2022 up 3.3% flat
73 Bulgaria 92.7% 2022 down 3.3% flat
74 Seychelles 92.5% 2016 up 6.1% rising
75 Lao People's Democratic Republic 92.4% 2014 up 10.5% rising
76 France 92.3% 2022 down 1.1% flat
77 Iceland 92.1% 2022 down 0.8% rising
78 Azerbaijan 91.9% 2023 — rising
79 Sweden 91.7% 2022 down 1.9% flat
80 Moldova 91.5% 2023 down 1.3% flat
81 Armenia 91.4% 2023 down 8.6% falling
82 El Salvador 91.3% 2024 down 4.3% flat
83 Liechtenstein 91.1% 2014 down 8.9% falling
84 Benin 91.0% 2015 down 3.1% rising
85 Nepal 90.6% 2015 up 2.9% flat
86 Morocco 90.5% 2009 down 0.7% flat
87 Gambia 90.4% 2013 up 87.8% rising
88 Denmark 89.9% 2022 up 1.0% flat
89 United States 89.9% 2021 down 2.3% flat
90 Slovenia 89.7% 2022 down 3.6% flat
91 Austria 89.4% 2022 down 8.5% flat
92 Netherlands 89.4% 2022 up 1.2% flat
93 Ireland 89.4% 2021 down 2.8% flat
94 Mongolia 89.4% 2017 down 10.0% falling
95 Germany 89.3% 2022 down 4.8% flat
96 Panama 89.1% 2013 down 1.9% flat
97 Switzerland 89.0% 2022 down 1.4% flat
98 Latvia 88.9% 2022 up 1.1% falling
99 South Sudan 88.7% 2024 up 14.1% flat
100 Afghanistan 88.6% 2017 up 7.2% flat
101 Cameroon 88.6% 2013 up 13.0% rising
102 Israel 88.3% 2022 down 1.0% flat
103 Albania 88.3% 2023 down 5.8% falling
104 Luxembourg 87.9% 2022 up 2.6% rising
105 Gabon 87.9% 2014 — flat
106 Iran, Islamic Republic of 87.9% 2022 down 8.3% flat
107 Finland 87.7% 2022 down 5.8% falling
108 Indonesia 87.6% 2015 down 1.8% flat
109 Chad 87.5% 2024 down 3.5% rising
110 Japan 86.9% 2021 up 1.1% falling
111 Turks and Caicos Islands 86.7% 2022 down 8.6% rising
112 Cote d'Ivoire 86.5% 2024 down 7.9% rising
113 Norway 86.5% 2022 down 4.2% flat
114 Turkey 86.0% 2022 down 3.5% flat
115 Monaco 85.3% 2024 down 9.6% falling
116 Estonia 84.0% 2022 down 2.3% flat
117 Ethiopia 83.6% 2014 down 10.5% falling
118 New Zealand 83.2% 2023 down 8.6% falling
119 Viet Nam 82.3% 2013 — rising
120 South Korea 82.0% 2022 down 4.2% flat
121 Peru 81.5% 2024 down 0.3% falling
122 Nicaragua 81.0% 2023 down 16.0% falling
123 Rwanda 79.0% 2024 down 17.3% falling
124 United Arab Emirates 75.5% 2021 down 21.8% falling
125 Guyana 71.7% 2012 down 13.3% flat
126 Sierra Leone 71.4% 2022 down 27.7% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions)
Unit
% of total expenditure in primary public institutions
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
142 places, 1,933 data points, 1998–2024
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Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).