International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
160
Highest
2.2%
Timor-Leste
Lowest
0.0%
Anguilla
Median
0.1%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
2,744
What the numbers show
International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 2.2% in Timor-Leste; the lowest is 0.0% in Anguilla.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.3%.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 117,226.0%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).
International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timor-Leste | 2.2% | 2018 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 2 | Vanuatu | 2.2% | 2020 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 1.9% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Andorra | 1.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Samoa | 1.6% | 2016 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Tonga | 1.6% | 2004 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.5% | 2018 | down 63.4% | falling |
| 8 | Liberia | 1.5% | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 9 | Comoros | 1.4% | 2015 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 1.4% | 2018 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Rwanda | 1.4% | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Mozambique | 1.3% | 2018 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Malawi | 1.3% | 2018 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Gambia | 1.3% | 2018 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.9% | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.9% | 2021 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Senegal | 0.8% | 2022 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Central African Republic | 0.8% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 19 | Eritrea | 0.7% | 2006 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Niger | 0.7% | 2018 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Nepal | 0.6% | 2018 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 22 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.6% | 2018 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 23 | Djibouti | 0.6% | 2018 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Mauritania | 0.6% | 2023 | up 109.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Burundi | 0.6% | 2018 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 0.6% | 2018 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 27 | Albania | 0.5% | 2022 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 0.5% | 2016 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Cambodia | 0.5% | 2018 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 30 | Haiti | 0.5% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Mali | 0.5% | 2021 | up 173.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Fiji | 0.5% | 2013 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2017 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Greece | 0.4% | 2022 | up 10,098.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 0.4% | 2018 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 37 | Chad | 0.4% | 2021 | up 214.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Uganda | 0.4% | 2018 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Togo | 0.4% | 2018 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 40 | Madagascar | 0.4% | 2018 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Namibia | 0.4% | 2014 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Guinea | 0.4% | 2020 | down 36.4% | flat |
| 43 | Lebanon | 0.3% | 2013 | up 204.7% | rising |
| 44 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.3% | 2018 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.3% | 2018 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Slovakia | 0.3% | 2022 | up 11,312.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Jordan | 0.3% | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3% | 2023 | up 325.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Eswatini | 0.3% | 2014 | up 958.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2022 | up 1,339.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 0.3% | 2015 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Guyana | 0.3% | 2023 | up 233.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 55 | Cameroon | 0.3% | 2018 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 56 | Bhutan | 0.2% | 2018 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Latvia | 0.2% | 2022 | up 5,959.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Tunisia | 0.2% | 2015 | down 49.9% | rising |
| 59 | Belize | 0.2% | 2023 | up 138.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2% | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 61 | Congo | 0.2% | 2018 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 62 | El Salvador | 0.2% | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.2% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Seychelles | 0.2% | 2016 | up 390.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2% | 2018 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominica | 0.2% | 2020 | up 487.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Romania | 0.2% | 2022 | up 9,682.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Egypt | 0.2% | 2008 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 71 | Lesotho | 0.2% | 2018 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Serbia | 0.2% | 2022 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 73 | Sudan | 0.2% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.2% | 2018 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2022 | up 12,509.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Zambia | 0.1% | 2018 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Poland | 0.1% | 2022 | up 7,896.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2019 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Ghana | 0.1% | 2018 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1% | 2018 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2022 | up 2,910.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Spain | 0.1% | 2022 | up 64,107.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2022 | up 117,226.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2020 | down 63.7% | rising |
| 87 | Cyprus | 0.1% | 2022 | up 25,967.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2018 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 89 | Mauritius | 0.1% | 2023 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2022 | up 18,429.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2021 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Finland | 0.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2021 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2022 | up 18,631.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2017 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 | up 200.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2022 | up 4,890.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1% | 2023 | up 201.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2022 | up 3,276.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Sweden | 0.1% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Viet Nam | 0.1% | 2018 | down 72.4% | falling |
| 102 | Panama | 0.1% | 2022 | up 121.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 0.1% | 2019 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Italy | 0.1% | 2022 | up 6,502.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2022 | up 9,325.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2022 | up 4,824.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0% | 2022 | up 130.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 110 | France | 0.0% | 2022 | up 11,815.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 2019 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2022 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Angola | 0.0% | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Indonesia | 0.0% | 2015 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Germany | 0.0% | 2022 | up 11,050.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Ecuador | 0.0% | 2023 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 119 | India | 0.0% | 2021 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2021 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Norway | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Malta | 0.0% | 2022 | up 56,272.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2022 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Russian Federation | 0.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Hungary | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 127 | Thailand | 0.0% | 2014 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 0.0% | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 130 | South Africa | 0.0% | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2020 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0% | 2024 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Croatia | 0.0% | 2021 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2016 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 139 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2021 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Peru | 0.0% | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Mexico | 0.0% | 2022 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 2018 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 144 | Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Canada | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Chile | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Israel | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Oman | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Palestine, State of | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 144 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Anguilla | 0.0% | 2008 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release