Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage of GDP (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
122
Highest
595.8%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.1%
Indonesia
Median
0.7%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
1,708
What the numbers show
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage of GDP (%) is currently reported for 122 countries. The highest value is 595.8% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.1% in Indonesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 5.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,242.
Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 542,441.0%), and the largest decrease in Lao People's Democratic Republic (down 77.2%).
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 595.8% | 2023 | up 542,441.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Israel | 1.9% | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 3 | Cuba | 1.9% | 2010 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 4 | Algeria | 1.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 5 | Kiribati | 1.8% | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 1.6% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 7 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.5% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 8 | Kenya | 1.5% | 2015 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 9 | Finland | 1.3% | 2022 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 10 | Senegal | 1.3% | 2022 | up 181.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 1.3% | 2022 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 1.3% | 2022 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 13 | South Africa | 1.2% | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 14 | Barbados | 1.2% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 1.2% | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.2% | 2021 | up 43.6% | falling |
| 17 | Italy | 1.1% | 2022 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 18 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.1% | 2018 | up 144.9% | rising |
| 19 | France | 1.1% | 2022 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 20 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 21 | India | 1.0% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 1.0% | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 23 | Cyprus | 1.0% | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 1.0% | 2022 | up 38.2% | flat |
| 25 | Netherlands | 1.0% | 2022 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 26 | Ghana | 1.0% | 2014 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 27 | Slovenia | 0.9% | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 28 | Morocco | 0.9% | 2009 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 29 | Timor-Leste | 0.9% | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Spain | 0.9% | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 31 | Norway | 0.9% | 2022 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 32 | Malta | 0.9% | 2022 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | 0.9% | 2022 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 34 | United States of America | 0.9% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 35 | Argentina | 0.9% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 36 | New Zealand | 0.9% | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 37 | Iceland | 0.9% | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 38 | Croatia | 0.9% | 2021 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 39 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 40 | Denmark | 0.9% | 2022 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 41 | Slovakia | 0.9% | 2022 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 0.9% | 2020 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 0.9% | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 44 | Austria | 0.8% | 2022 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 45 | Jamaica | 0.8% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 46 | Nepal | 0.8% | 2023 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 47 | Switzerland | 0.8% | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 0.8% | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 49 | Germany | 0.8% | 2022 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 50 | Eswatini | 0.8% | 2011 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 51 | Latvia | 0.8% | 2022 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 52 | Rwanda | 0.7% | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 53 | Viet Nam | 0.7% | 2013 | up 27.7% | flat |
| 54 | Poland | 0.7% | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 55 | Hungary | 0.7% | 2022 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 56 | Bhutan | 0.7% | 2023 | down 30.2% | flat |
| 57 | Japan | 0.7% | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 58 | Romania | 0.7% | 2022 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 59 | Türkiye | 0.7% | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 60 | Mexico | 0.7% | 2022 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 61 | Republic of Moldova | 0.7% | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 0.6% | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 63 | Dominica | 0.6% | 2020 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Namibia | 0.6% | 2017 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 65 | Kuwait | 0.6% | 2015 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 66 | Monaco | 0.6% | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 67 | El Salvador | 0.5% | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 68 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2022 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 69 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 70 | Mali | 0.5% | 2021 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 71 | Greece | 0.5% | 2022 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 0.5% | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 74 | Maldives | 0.5% | 2023 | up 164.8% | rising |
| 75 | Ireland | 0.5% | 2021 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 76 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 77 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.5% | 2022 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 78 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.5% | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 79 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2013 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 80 | Togo | 0.4% | 2024 | up 42.9% | flat |
| 81 | San Marino | 0.4% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 82 | Seychelles | 0.4% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 83 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2022 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 84 | Jordan | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 85 | Oman | 0.4% | 2022 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 87 | Mongolia | 0.4% | 2017 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 88 | Belize | 0.4% | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 89 | Liechtenstein | 0.4% | 2008 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 0.4% | 2016 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 91 | Philippines | 0.4% | 2025 | up 228.2% | rising |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2020 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 93 | Ukraine | 0.3% | 2021 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 94 | Bermuda | 0.3% | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3% | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 96 | Armenia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 0.3% | 2019 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 98 | Afghanistan | 0.3% | 2017 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 99 | Lebanon | 0.3% | 2011 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 100 | Chad | 0.3% | 2021 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 101 | Pakistan | 0.3% | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 102 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.3% | 2015 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0.3% | 2012 | — | falling |
| 104 | Gambia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Liberia | 0.3% | 2021 | up 445.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Niger | 0.3% | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 107 | Ethiopia | 0.3% | 2015 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 108 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 109 | Malawi | 0.2% | 2016 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2022 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 111 | Gabon | 0.2% | 2014 | — | falling |
| 112 | Guinea | 0.2% | 2018 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 113 | Comoros | 0.2% | 2015 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 114 | Albania | 0.2% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 115 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2014 | up 338.9% | rising |
| 116 | Andorra | 0.2% | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 117 | Madagascar | 0.2% | 2013 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 118 | Uganda | 0.2% | 2014 | — | falling |
| 119 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1% | 2023 | down 77.2% | falling |
| 120 | Cayman Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 121 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 122 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 77.0% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release