Government expenditure on secondary education as a percentage of GDP (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
165
Highest
1,011.1%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.1%
Angola
Median
1.4%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
3,679
What the numbers show
Government expenditure on secondary education as a percentage of GDP (%) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 1,011.1% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.1% in Angola.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.4%, and the mean is 7.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13,761.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 292,306.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 81.6%).
Government expenditure on secondary education as a percentage of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 1,011.1% | 2023 | up 292,306.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Algeria | 5.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 3 | Tunisia | 4.5% | 2015 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 4 | Kiribati | 4.0% | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 5 | Cuba | 3.7% | 2010 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 3.6% | 2023 | up 99.2% | rising |
| 7 | Botswana | 3.2% | 2009 | — | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.1% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 9 | Congo | 3.0% | 2010 | up 213.3% | falling |
| 10 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.7% | 2016 | up 212.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Mauritius | 2.6% | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 12 | Morocco | 2.5% | 2013 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.4% | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 2.4% | 2022 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 15 | Finland | 2.4% | 2022 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 2.3% | 2024 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Senegal | 2.3% | 2022 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 2.3% | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 19 | Bhutan | 2.3% | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 20 | Republic of Korea | 2.3% | 2022 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 2.3% | 2022 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 22 | France | 2.2% | 2022 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 23 | Lesotho | 2.2% | 2018 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.2% | 2021 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 25 | Sweden | 2.1% | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 26 | Republic of Moldova | 2.1% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 27 | Czechia | 2.1% | 2022 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 28 | Jamaica | 2.1% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 29 | Eswatini | 2.1% | 2021 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 30 | Portugal | 2.0% | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 31 | Germany | 2.0% | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 32 | Cyprus | 2.0% | 2022 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 2.0% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 34 | Kenya | 2.0% | 2015 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 35 | Netherlands | 2.0% | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 36 | Montserrat | 2.0% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 37 | Slovakia | 1.9% | 2022 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 38 | Argentina | 1.9% | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 39 | New Zealand | 1.9% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 40 | Iceland | 1.9% | 2022 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 41 | Austria | 1.9% | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 42 | Oman | 1.8% | 2022 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Israel | 1.8% | 2022 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 1.8% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 45 | Denmark | 1.8% | 2022 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 46 | Namibia | 1.8% | 2024 | up 221.7% | falling |
| 47 | Viet Nam | 1.8% | 2013 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 48 | United States of America | 1.8% | 2021 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 1.8% | 2022 | up 31.2% | flat |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 1.8% | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 51 | Georgia | 1.8% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 52 | Tonga | 1.8% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Slovenia | 1.7% | 2022 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 54 | Spain | 1.7% | 2022 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 1.7% | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 56 | Cameroon | 1.7% | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 1.7% | 2023 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 1.6% | 2022 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 59 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.6% | 2015 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 60 | Ukraine | 1.6% | 2021 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 61 | Switzerland | 1.6% | 2022 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 62 | Ghana | 1.6% | 2014 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.6% | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 64 | Poland | 1.6% | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 65 | India | 1.6% | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 66 | Dominica | 1.6% | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 67 | Burundi | 1.6% | 2013 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 68 | Malta | 1.6% | 2022 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 69 | Belize | 1.6% | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 1.6% | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 71 | Chile | 1.6% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 72 | Thailand | 1.6% | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 73 | Fiji | 1.6% | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 74 | Kuwait | 1.5% | 2015 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Aruba | 1.5% | 2019 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 76 | Norway | 1.5% | 2022 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 77 | Peru | 1.5% | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 78 | Puerto Rico | 1.5% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Uruguay | 1.5% | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 80 | Colombia | 1.5% | 1999 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 81 | Jordan | 1.5% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 82 | Estonia | 1.4% | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 83 | Mexico | 1.4% | 2021 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 84 | Romania | 1.4% | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 85 | China | 1.4% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 86 | Latvia | 1.4% | 2022 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 1.4% | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 88 | Japan | 1.3% | 2021 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 89 | Rwanda | 1.3% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 90 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.3% | 2009 | up 1,257.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Lucia | 1.3% | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 92 | Hungary | 1.3% | 2022 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 93 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.3% | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 94 | Philippines | 1.3% | 2025 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 95 | Malaysia | 1.3% | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 96 | Türkiye | 1.3% | 2022 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Honduras | 1.2% | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 98 | Liechtenstein | 1.2% | 2011 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 99 | Barbados | 1.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 100 | El Salvador | 1.2% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 101 | Mongolia | 1.2% | 2017 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 102 | Paraguay | 1.2% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 103 | Niger | 1.1% | 2018 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 104 | Greece | 1.1% | 2022 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 105 | Bahrain | 1.1% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 106 | Hong Kong, China | 1.1% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 107 | Armenia | 1.1% | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.1% | 2023 | up 32.9% | falling |
| 109 | Curaçao | 1.1% | 2024 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 110 | Dominican Republic | 1.0% | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 111 | San Marino | 1.0% | 2022 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 112 | Mauritania | 1.0% | 2024 | up 88.4% | rising |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 1.0% | 1996 | — | falling |
| 114 | Monaco | 1.0% | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 115 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.0% | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 116 | Mali | 1.0% | 2021 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 117 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.0% | 2022 | down 19.7% | flat |
| 118 | Indonesia | 1.0% | 2015 | up 26.6% | flat |
| 119 | Seychelles | 1.0% | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 1.0% | 2017 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 1.0% | 2016 | up 109.5% | rising |
| 122 | Maldives | 1.0% | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 123 | Malawi | 0.9% | 2016 | up 102.4% | rising |
| 124 | Ireland | 0.9% | 2021 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 125 | British Virgin Islands | 0.9% | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 126 | Togo | 0.9% | 2024 | up 47.5% | falling |
| 127 | Zambia | 0.9% | 2017 | up 246.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Ethiopia | 0.9% | 2015 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 129 | Anguilla | 0.9% | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.8% | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 131 | Panama | 0.8% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.8% | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 133 | Gabon | 0.8% | 2014 | — | falling |
| 134 | Myanmar | 0.8% | 2019 | up 314.0% | rising |
| 135 | Benin | 0.8% | 2015 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 136 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2012 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Cayman Islands | 0.7% | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 138 | Comoros | 0.7% | 2015 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 139 | Ecuador | 0.6% | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Pakistan | 0.6% | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 141 | Cambodia | 0.6% | 2014 | up 242.5% | rising |
| 142 | Albania | 0.6% | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 0.6% | 2020 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 144 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.6% | 2014 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 145 | Andorra | 0.6% | 2023 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6% | 2023 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 147 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.6% | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 148 | Timor-Leste | 0.6% | 2021 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Bermuda | 0.5% | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 0.5% | 2022 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 151 | Qatar | 0.5% | 2009 | — | falling |
| 152 | Guinea | 0.5% | 2018 | up 125.5% | rising |
| 153 | Gambia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 154 | Uganda | 0.5% | 2014 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Singapore | 0.5% | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 156 | Liberia | 0.4% | 2021 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0.4% | 2013 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 158 | Lebanon | 0.4% | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 0.4% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 160 | Guatemala | 0.4% | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 0.3% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Chad | 0.3% | 2020 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 0.3% | 2010 | — | falling |
| 164 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2021 | — | rising |
| 165 | Angola | 0.1% | 2023 | down 81.6% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release