Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage of GDP (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
87
Highest
3.6%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Jordan
Median
0.7%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,097
What the numbers show
Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage of GDP (%) is currently reported for 87 countries. The highest value is 3.6% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7%, and the mean is 1.0%.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 9,201.0%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 100.0%).
Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 3.6% | 2017 | up 1,182.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Indonesia | 3.4% | 2015 | up 111.6% | rising |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 3.1% | 2018 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 4 | Kenya | 3.0% | 2018 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 5 | Uganda | 3.0% | 2014 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 6 | Colombia | 3.0% | 2020 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 7 | India | 2.8% | 2020 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 2.8% | 2021 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 2.8% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Honduras | 2.4% | 2018 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 2.3% | 2021 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 12 | El Salvador | 2.2% | 2023 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.1% | 2019 | up 154.4% | rising |
| 14 | Hong Kong, China | 2.0% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 2.0% | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 16 | Mali | 1.9% | 2019 | up 549.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Guatemala | 1.8% | 2022 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 18 | Peru | 1.8% | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 1.7% | 2018 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.7% | 2015 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 1.7% | 2020 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 22 | Viet Nam | 1.6% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 23 | Cyprus | 1.5% | 2022 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 24 | Greece | 1.4% | 2022 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 25 | Macau, China | 1.3% | 2023 | up 639.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Israel | 1.3% | 2022 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 27 | Malaysia | 1.2% | 2020 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 28 | Paraguay | 1.2% | 2011 | down 52.3% | falling |
| 29 | United States of America | 1.2% | 2021 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 30 | Mexico | 1.1% | 2022 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 1.1% | 2010 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 32 | Japan | 1.0% | 2021 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 33 | Bahrain | 1.0% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 34 | Barbados | 1.0% | 2024 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 35 | Portugal | 0.9% | 2022 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Argentina | 0.9% | 2019 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 0.9% | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 38 | Bhutan | 0.9% | 2018 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8% | 2021 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 40 | Hungary | 0.8% | 2021 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 41 | Bulgaria | 0.8% | 2021 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 42 | New Zealand | 0.8% | 2022 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 43 | Slovenia | 0.7% | 2022 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 44 | Poland | 0.7% | 2022 | down 28.3% | flat |
| 45 | Burundi | 0.7% | 2013 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 46 | Cameroon | 0.7% | 2014 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 47 | Malta | 0.6% | 2022 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 0.6% | 2019 | up 156.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.6% | 2020 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 50 | Andorra | 0.6% | 2019 | up 295.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 0.6% | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 52 | Latvia | 0.6% | 2022 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 0.5% | 2018 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 54 | Malawi | 0.5% | 2010 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 55 | Serbia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0.5% | 2021 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Croatia | 0.5% | 2021 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Ireland | 0.5% | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 59 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2022 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Slovakia | 0.4% | 2022 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 61 | Iceland | 0.4% | 2022 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 62 | Germany | 0.4% | 2021 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 63 | Türkiye | 0.4% | 2022 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 64 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2022 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3% | 2014 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 0.3% | 2015 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Finland | 0.3% | 2021 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 68 | Norway | 0.3% | 2021 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 69 | France | 0.3% | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 70 | Estonia | 0.3% | 2021 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Italy | 0.3% | 2022 | down 73.1% | flat |
| 72 | Canada | 0.2% | 2022 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 73 | Switzerland | 0.2% | 2021 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 74 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2022 | down 46.3% | rising |
| 75 | Belgium | 0.2% | 2022 | down 62.4% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 0.2% | 2022 | down 44.0% | rising |
| 77 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2019 | up 9,201.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2019 | down 79.4% | falling |
| 79 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2012 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2010 | — | rising |
| 81 | Monaco | 0.1% | 2023 | up 139.8% | rising |
| 82 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 83 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2022 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2022 | up 269.7% | rising |
| 85 | Georgia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 86 | Romania | 0.0% | 2021 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release