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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
178 places, 2,744 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release