Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage of GDP (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
116
Highest
688.7%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.0%
Namibia
Median
0.8%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
1,655

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage of GDP (%) is currently reported for 116 countries. The highest value is 688.7% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.0% in Namibia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 6.7%.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 291,757.0%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 100.0%).

Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 688.7% 2023 up 291,757.0% volatile
2 Algeria 3.1% 2024 volatile
3 Kiribati 2.2% 2023 down 23.2% falling
4 Cuba 1.9% 2010 up 33.5% rising
5 Eswatini 1.8% 2011 up 12.1% rising
6 Kazakhstan 1.7% 2019 up 10.3% rising
7 Bhutan 1.6% 2023 up 9.6% rising
8 Oman 1.4% 2022 up 110.0% volatile
9 Republic of Moldova 1.4% 2023 down 3.9% falling
10 Azerbaijan 1.4% 2023 falling
11 Syrian Arab Republic 1.4% 2015 up 19.3% rising
12 Ukraine 1.3% 2021 up 11.5% rising
13 Germany 1.2% 2022 up 1.2% falling
14 Jamaica 1.2% 2024 up 7.7% flat
15 Brazil 1.2% 2022 down 20.0% rising
16 Czechia 1.2% 2022 up 35.3% rising
17 Belize 1.2% 2023 down 26.9% rising
18 France 1.2% 2022 down 1.5% flat
19 Vanuatu 1.2% 2015 down 47.5% falling
20 Lithuania 1.2% 2022 down 8.7% falling
21 Finland 1.1% 2022 up 1.9% rising
22 Morocco 1.1% 2009 up 1.2% flat
23 Viet Nam 1.1% 2013 down 9.5% falling
24 Slovakia 1.1% 2022 up 28.6% rising
25 Jordan 1.0% 2024 down 13.5% falling
26 Austria 1.0% 2022 down 14.7% falling
27 New Zealand 1.0% 2023 up 11.2% flat
28 Iceland 1.0% 2022 up 2.1% flat
29 Portugal 1.0% 2022 down 12.2% flat
30 Argentina 1.0% 2023 down 24.8% rising
31 Senegal 1.0% 2022 up 17.2% volatile
32 Netherlands 1.0% 2022 down 12.3% rising
33 Uruguay 1.0% 2023 up 34.2% rising
34 Cape Verde 1.0% 2019 down 8.0% falling
35 Costa Rica 1.0% 2023 down 34.6% rising
36 Republic of Korea 1.0% 2022 up 28.7% rising
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.0% 2021 down 34.7% rising
38 Cyprus 1.0% 2022 down 26.2% falling
39 Cameroon 1.0% 2013 up 2.7% flat
40 Denmark 0.9% 2022 down 18.6% rising
41 Kuwait 0.9% 2015 up 4.6% falling
42 Dominica 0.9% 2020 up 35.2% volatile
43 Poland 0.9% 2022 up 14.6% falling
44 Sweden 0.9% 2022 up 8.6% falling
45 Estonia 0.9% 2022 up 22.6% falling
46 United States of America 0.9% 2021 up 8.0% rising
47 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.9% 2024 up 8.5% rising
48 Niger 0.9% 2018 up 84.3% rising
49 Philippines 0.9% 2025 down 0.7% rising
50 Belgium 0.9% 2022 down 3.9% flat
51 Nepal 0.8% 2023 up 62.6% rising
52 Switzerland 0.8% 2022 down 16.8% falling
53 Bulgaria 0.8% 2022 up 23.8% rising
54 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8% 2024 up 23.0% rising
55 Spain 0.8% 2022 down 3.7% falling
56 Luxembourg 0.8% 2022 down 3.3% flat
57 Mongolia 0.8% 2017 down 31.9% falling
58 Thailand 0.8% 2013 up 92.4% rising
59 Slovenia 0.8% 2022 down 7.6% falling
60 Armenia 0.8% 2023 up 16.7% rising
61 Saint Lucia 0.8% 2023 down 11.2% flat
62 South Africa 0.8% 2024 up 10.7% rising
63 Romania 0.8% 2022 up 61.8% flat
64 Malawi 0.7% 2016 up 62.7% rising
65 Malta 0.7% 2022 down 43.1% falling
66 Mexico 0.7% 2022 down 15.9% rising
67 Liechtenstein 0.7% 2008 down 3.1% falling
68 Ghana 0.7% 2014 down 62.8% falling
69 Chile 0.7% 2022 up 34.0% rising
70 Seychelles 0.7% 2016 rising
71 Japan 0.7% 2021 down 8.0% falling
72 El Salvador 0.6% 2024 down 20.3% rising
73 Afghanistan 0.6% 2017 up 9.5% rising
74 Latvia 0.6% 2022 down 32.1% falling
75 Paraguay 0.6% 2024 up 18.0% rising
76 Cayman Islands 0.6% 2023 rising
77 Greece 0.6% 2022 down 17.1% falling
78 Ethiopia 0.6% 2015 down 2.1% falling
79 Norway 0.6% 2022 down 20.9% falling
80 Hungary 0.6% 2022 down 20.1% falling
81 Rwanda 0.6% 2024 down 58.3% rising
82 Italy 0.6% 2022 down 17.2% falling
83 San Marino 0.6% 2022 up 7.9% flat
84 Türkiye 0.6% 2022 down 23.0% falling
85 India 0.6% 2022 up 20.6% rising
86 Burkina Faso 0.6% 2016 up 34.8% rising
87 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2023 up 9.4% rising
88 Gabon 0.5% 2014 falling
89 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.5% 2022 up 0.8% falling
90 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2023 down 36.3% flat
91 Maldives 0.5% 2023 down 32.9% falling
92 Comoros 0.5% 2015 down 16.7% falling
93 Ireland 0.5% 2021 down 54.9% falling
94 Mali 0.4% 2021 up 11.4% falling
95 Kenya 0.4% 2015 down 43.7% falling
96 Togo 0.4% 2024 up 52.3% falling
97 Monaco 0.4% 2023 up 159.2% volatile
98 Cambodia 0.4% 2014 up 206.8% rising
99 Albania 0.4% 2023 down 17.2% rising
100 Ecuador 0.4% 2024 down 3.0% rising
101 Andorra 0.4% 2023 down 47.4% rising
102 Pakistan 0.4% 2023 up 11.2% rising
103 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.3% 2023 down 47.1% rising
104 Uganda 0.3% 2014 falling
105 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2022 down 26.7% rising
106 Bangladesh 0.3% 2020 down 27.8% falling
107 Guinea 0.3% 2018 down 21.9% falling
108 Guatemala 0.3% 2024 down 12.4% rising
109 Madagascar 0.2% 2013 down 20.0% flat
110 Gambia 0.2% 2023 down 49.0% rising
111 Bermuda 0.2% 2023 down 30.2% falling
112 Liberia 0.2% 2021 up 159.8% volatile
113 Chad 0.1% 2018 down 67.0% falling
114 Indonesia 0.1% 2023 down 88.6% falling
115 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2018 down 98.1% volatile
116 Namibia 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage of GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
116 places, 1,655 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release