Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
128
Highest
100.0%
Aruba
Lowest
71.4%
Sierra Leone
Median
93.7%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,692

What the numbers show

Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Aruba; the lowest is 71.4% in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.7%, and the mean is 92.6%.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 126.9%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 31.6%).

Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in 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
1 Montserrat 69.7% 2019 rising
2 Anguilla 65.2% 2008 down 31.6% falling
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, Bolivarian Republic of 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, China 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 Republic of 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 of America 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 Côte d'Ivoire 86.5% 2024 down 7.9% rising
113 Norway 86.5% 2022 down 4.2% flat
114 Türkiye 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 Republic of 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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Indicator
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
128 places, 1,692 data points, 1998–2024
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February 2026 Data Release