Initial household funding per tertiary student as a percentage of GDP per capita by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
51
Highest
106.3%
Malawi
Lowest
0.0%
Togo
Median
6.4%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
586
What the numbers show
Initial household funding per tertiary student as a percentage of GDP per capita is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 106.3% in Malawi; the lowest is 0.0% in Togo.
The median across all reporting countries is 6.4%, and the mean is 13.5%.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 2,588.4%), and the largest decrease in Togo (down 100.0%).
Initial household funding per tertiary student as a percentage of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 106.3% | 2007 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 2 | Benin | 78.9% | 2013 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 3 | Nepal | 76.7% | 2015 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 48.0% | 2006 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.1% | 2015 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 6 | Cameroon | 29.2% | 2012 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 22.7% | 2013 | — | falling |
| 8 | El Salvador | 20.5% | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 9 | Paraguay | 19.2% | 2010 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 10 | Chile | 18.6% | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 11 | Peru | 16.8% | 2017 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 12 | Indonesia | 16.4% | 2015 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 13 | Macau, China | 15.2% | 2023 | up 282.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Morocco | 13.6% | 2010 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 13.3% | 2022 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 12.4% | 2022 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 17 | Ukraine | 11.2% | 2021 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 18 | Azerbaijan | 11.1% | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 19 | Honduras | 10.0% | 2019 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 20 | Guyana | 9.6% | 2012 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Serbia | 9.0% | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 22 | Cyprus | 8.2% | 2022 | up 245.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Portugal | 7.3% | 2022 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 24 | Bahrain | 7.2% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 25 | Latvia | 6.7% | 2022 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 26 | Spain | 6.4% | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 6.2% | 2022 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 5.9% | 2018 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 29 | Slovakia | 5.7% | 2022 | up 52.4% | falling |
| 30 | Canada | 4.5% | 2022 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 31 | New Zealand | 4.3% | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 32 | Croatia | 3.9% | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 33 | Slovenia | 3.4% | 2022 | up 2,588.4% | volatile |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.1% | 2015 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 35 | Malta | 3.1% | 2022 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Czechia | 3.0% | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 37 | Lithuania | 2.7% | 2022 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 38 | Argentina | 2.5% | 2019 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Switzerland | 2.4% | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 2.3% | 2022 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Mongolia | 1.9% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Belarus | 1.5% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 43 | Italy | 1.2% | 2022 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 44 | Greece | 1.1% | 2022 | down 61.6% | rising |
| 45 | Türkiye | 0.9% | 2022 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 46 | Iceland | 0.9% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 47 | Ireland | 0.8% | 2016 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 48 | Romania | 0.3% | 2011 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2020 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2022 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release