Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
197
Highest
31.9%
Mauritania
Lowest
0.0%
South Sudan
Median
12.6%
Years covered
46
1980–2025
Data points
5,509
What the numbers show
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (%) (UIS calculation) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 31.9% in Mauritania; the lowest is 0.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.6%, and the mean is 13.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,490.
Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 471.8%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 99.9%).
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritania | 31.9% | 2024 | up 167.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Kenya | 28.5% | 2025 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 27.6% | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 25.2% | 2024 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 5 | Namibia | 24.6% | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 6 | Morocco | 23.3% | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Honduras | 23.2% | 2018 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 8 | Bhutan | 22.2% | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 22.1% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 22.0% | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Botswana | 21.5% | 2020 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 12 | Senegal | 20.9% | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 20.9% | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 20.5% | 2025 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 15 | Mozambique | 20.4% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 20.4% | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 20.3% | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 18 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 20.2% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 19 | Kiribati | 20.1% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.6% | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 21 | Vanuatu | 19.3% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 19.3% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 23 | Eswatini | 19.2% | 2025 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 19.2% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 25 | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.2% | 2009 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 26 | South Africa | 19.1% | 2025 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Belize | 18.9% | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 28 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18.8% | 2022 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 18.6% | 2020 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 30 | Chile | 18.4% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 31 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.1% | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 32 | Benin | 18.0% | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 33 | Madagascar | 18.0% | 2019 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 17.9% | 2025 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 35 | Jamaica | 17.9% | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 17.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 17.6% | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 38 | Tunisia | 17.3% | 2025 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Guatemala | 17.3% | 2025 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 40 | Cuba | 17.0% | 2022 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 41 | Tuvalu | 16.8% | 2025 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 16.7% | 2024 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 43 | Chad | 16.5% | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 44 | Curaçao | 16.4% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 45 | Panama | 16.3% | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.2% | 2013 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 47 | Israel | 16.1% | 2022 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Malawi | 16.0% | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Republic of Moldova | 16.0% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 50 | Puerto Rico | 16.0% | 2025 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 51 | El Salvador | 15.9% | 2025 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 52 | Hong Kong, China | 15.7% | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 15.7% | 2017 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Iceland | 15.7% | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 15.6% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Uruguay | 15.6% | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Algeria | 15.5% | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 58 | Ecuador | 15.5% | 2025 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Viet Nam | 15.4% | 2022 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 60 | Switzerland | 15.4% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 61 | Sweden | 15.3% | 2022 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 62 | Philippines | 15.2% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 63 | Congo | 14.7% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 64 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 14.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 65 | Zambia | 14.5% | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Djibouti | 14.5% | 2018 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 67 | Norway | 14.5% | 2022 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 68 | Russian Federation | 14.3% | 2018 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 69 | Mexico | 14.2% | 2022 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 70 | Gambia | 14.2% | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Mauritius | 14.2% | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Barbados | 14.2% | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 73 | Oman | 14.2% | 2022 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Denmark | 14.2% | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 75 | India | 14.2% | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 76 | Malaysia | 14.1% | 2023 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 77 | Rwanda | 13.9% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 78 | Kuwait | 13.8% | 2025 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Cameroon | 13.8% | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Fiji | 13.8% | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 81 | Mongolia | 13.8% | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 82 | British Virgin Islands | 13.6% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 83 | Gabon | 13.6% | 2023 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 13.4% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 85 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 13.4% | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 86 | Argentina | 13.2% | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Ghana | 13.2% | 2022 | down 50.4% | rising |
| 88 | Haiti | 13.2% | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Colombia | 13.2% | 1999 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 90 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 13.1% | 2017 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Estonia | 13.0% | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 92 | San Marino | 13.0% | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Brazil | 12.9% | 2022 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 94 | Niger | 12.8% | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Saint Lucia | 12.7% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 96 | New Zealand | 12.7% | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 97 | Ukraine | 12.7% | 2021 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 98 | Australia | 12.6% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.6% | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 100 | Thailand | 12.6% | 2025 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.6% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 102 | Malta | 12.5% | 2022 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Cyprus | 12.5% | 2022 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Belarus | 12.3% | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 105 | Ireland | 12.3% | 2021 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 106 | Macau, China | 12.3% | 2022 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 107 | Georgia | 12.2% | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 108 | Andorra | 12.1% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 109 | Finland | 12.1% | 2022 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 110 | Belgium | 12.0% | 2022 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 111 | Singapore | 12.0% | 2025 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 12.0% | 2022 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Netherlands | 12.0% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 11.9% | 2025 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 115 | China | 11.9% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 11.9% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 117 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.8% | 2021 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 118 | Lithuania | 11.7% | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 119 | Samoa | 11.7% | 2025 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 120 | Paraguay | 11.7% | 2025 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 121 | Togo | 11.6% | 2024 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 122 | Cambodia | 11.6% | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 123 | Comoros | 11.5% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 124 | Grenada | 11.4% | 2025 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 125 | Brunei Darussalam | 11.4% | 2016 | up 115.8% | falling |
| 126 | Marshall Islands | 11.3% | 2022 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 127 | Türkiye | 11.3% | 2022 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 128 | United States of America | 11.3% | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 129 | Slovenia | 11.1% | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 130 | Nicaragua | 11.0% | 2024 | down 52.2% | rising |
| 131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.0% | 2025 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 132 | Aruba | 11.0% | 2021 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 133 | Egypt | 10.9% | 2008 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Albania | 10.9% | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 135 | Slovakia | 10.8% | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 136 | Sudan | 10.8% | 2009 | up 18.3% | flat |
| 137 | Nepal | 10.8% | 2025 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 138 | Seychelles | 10.7% | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 139 | Germany | 10.7% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 140 | Canada | 10.7% | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 141 | Bahamas | 10.6% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 142 | Indonesia | 10.6% | 2025 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 143 | Portugal | 10.4% | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 10.4% | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 145 | Burundi | 10.3% | 2025 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 146 | Anguilla | 10.3% | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 147 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 10.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Czechia | 10.0% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 10.0% | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 150 | Poland | 10.0% | 2022 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 151 | Japan | 10.0% | 1998 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 152 | Austria | 10.0% | 2022 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Latvia | 9.9% | 2022 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Spain | 9.9% | 2022 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 155 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 9.8% | 2025 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Jordan | 9.8% | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Pakistan | 9.8% | 2023 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Myanmar | 9.7% | 2019 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Maldives | 9.6% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 160 | Tonga | 9.3% | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Qatar | 9.3% | 2020 | down 32.6% | flat |
| 162 | Cook Islands | 9.2% | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 163 | Guinea | 9.2% | 2025 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 164 | Palau | 9.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 165 | France | 9.1% | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 166 | Romania | 8.8% | 2022 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 167 | Armenia | 8.7% | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 168 | North Macedonia | 8.6% | 2002 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Lebanon | 8.6% | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 170 | Gibraltar | 8.6% | 2025 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 171 | Suriname | 8.6% | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 172 | Croatia | 8.5% | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 173 | Uganda | 8.5% | 2022 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 8.5% | 2022 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Serbia | 8.4% | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 176 | Bahrain | 8.3% | 2025 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 177 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8.2% | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 178 | Somalia | 8.1% | 2025 | up 471.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Hungary | 7.8% | 2022 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Bermuda | 7.8% | 2017 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 181 | Monaco | 7.7% | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 182 | Italy | 7.4% | 2022 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 183 | Liberia | 7.4% | 2021 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 184 | Guyana | 7.2% | 2025 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Sri Lanka | 7.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Naoero | 6.6% | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 187 | Angola | 6.5% | 2025 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 188 | Greece | 6.4% | 2022 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.9% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 190 | Dominica | 5.8% | 2025 | down 43.2% | flat |
| 191 | Montserrat | 5.7% | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 192 | Niue | 5.6% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 193 | Eritrea | 5.4% | 2006 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 194 | Timor-Leste | 4.3% | 2025 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 195 | Papua New Guinea | 3.5% | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Nigeria | 3.0% | 2024 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 197 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Central Asia 22.0%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 16.4%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 16.2%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 16.0%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 15.4%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 15.3%
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 14.9%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 14.7%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 14.7%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 14.7%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 14.4%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 13.8%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 13.8%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 13.8%
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 13.8%
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 13.8%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 13.8%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 13.6%
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 13.4%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 13.4%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 13.3%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 13.3%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 12.7%
- SDG: World 12.7%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 12.7%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 12.6%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 12.6%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 12.5%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 12.4%
- SDG: Western Asia 12.4%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 12.3%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 12.3%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 12.3%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 12.3%
- SDG: Southern Asia 12.0%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 11.9%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 11.7%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 11.6%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 10.8%
- SDG: Europe 10.8%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release