Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education (%) by country
Countries reporting
130
Highest
31.9%
Solomon Islands
Lowest
1.5%
Pakistan
Median
11.9%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
2,472
What the numbers show
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education (%) is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 31.9% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 1.5% in Pakistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.9%, and the mean is 12.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 21.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 163.9%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 82.4%).
Proportion of total government spending on essential … education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 31.9% | 2020 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 28.5% | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 24.8% | 2019 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 4 | Namibia | 24.4% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 5 | Bhutan | 21.4% | 2020 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 6 | Tajikistan | 20.7% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 7 | State of Palestine | 20.7% | 2021 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 20.5% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 20.4% | 2007 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 10 | Botswana | 20.0% | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 19.9% | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 19.9% | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 13 | Chile | 19.9% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 14 | Guatemala | 19.3% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 15 | Malaysia | 18.9% | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 18.8% | 2023 | up 163.9% | rising |
| 17 | Cabo Verde | 18.8% | 2020 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 18.6% | 2016 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 19 | Kenya | 18.4% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 18.0% | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 21 | Nicaragua | 18.0% | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 22 | Jamaica | 17.7% | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 23 | Mozambique | 17.7% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.2% | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 25 | Panama | 16.6% | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 26 | Moldova | 15.9% | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 26 | Republic of Moldova | 15.9% | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 28 | Georgia | 15.9% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 29 | Samoa | 15.8% | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 30 | Yemen | 15.7% | 2012 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 31 | Palau | 15.7% | 2019 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 15.3% | 2012 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 33 | Switzerland | 15.2% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 34 | Philippines | 15.1% | 2024 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 35 | Israel | 14.9% | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 36 | Iceland | 14.8% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 37 | South Korea | 14.8% | 2010 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 37 | Republic of Korea | 14.8% | 2010 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 39 | Zambia | 14.6% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 40 | Indonesia | 14.5% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 41 | Estonia | 14.5% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 42 | Sweden | 14.3% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 43 | Uruguay | 14.3% | 2006 | up 101.3% | rising |
| 44 | Maldives | 14.2% | 2011 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 45 | Latvia | 14.0% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 46 | Australia | 13.9% | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 47 | Mongolia | 13.8% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 48 | United States | 13.8% | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 49 | Lithuania | 13.8% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 50 | Kuwait | 13.8% | 2015 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 51 | Kosovo | 13.7% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 52 | Madagascar | 13.6% | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 13.5% | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 13.5% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 55 | Liberia | 13.2% | 2013 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 56 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 13.2% | 2009 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 57 | New Zealand | 13.1% | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 58 | El Salvador | 13.1% | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 59 | Seychelles | 12.8% | 2014 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 60 | Belarus | 12.8% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 61 | Ecuador | 12.7% | 2022 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 62 | Cyprus | 12.5% | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 63 | Ireland | 12.3% | 2023 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 64 | Egypt | 12.0% | 2015 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 65 | Belgium | 11.9% | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 66 | Jordan | 11.8% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 67 | Denmark | 11.7% | 2024 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 68 | Slovenia | 11.7% | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 69 | Thailand | 11.5% | 2024 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 70 | Canada | 11.4% | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 71 | Malta | 11.4% | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 72 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 11.3% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 73 | Finland | 11.3% | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 74 | Uganda | 11.2% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 75 | Brazil | 11.1% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 76 | Qatar | 11.1% | 2010 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 77 | Oman | 11.1% | 2013 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 10.8% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 79 | Croatia | 10.7% | 2022 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 80 | Hungary | 10.7% | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 81 | Poland | 10.5% | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 82 | Armenia | 10.5% | 2024 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 10.5% | 2023 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 84 | Czechia | 10.3% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 85 | Mauritius | 10.3% | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 86 | Slovakia | 10.3% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 87 | Portugal | 10.3% | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 88 | United Kingdom | 10.3% | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 88 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.3% | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 90 | China | 10.2% | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 10.2% | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 92 | Albania | 10.1% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.1% | 2019 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 94 | Bahamas | 10.0% | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 95 | Myanmar | 9.8% | 2019 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 96 | Norway | 9.8% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 97 | Singapore | 9.7% | 2024 | down 51.3% | falling |
| 98 | Austria | 9.6% | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 99 | Spain | 9.1% | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 100 | Turkey | 9.1% | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 100 | Türkiye | 9.1% | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 102 | Germany | 9.1% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 103 | Russia | 8.9% | 2020 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 103 | Russian Federation | 8.9% | 2020 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 105 | France | 8.8% | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 106 | Serbia | 8.7% | 2012 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 8.5% | 2022 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 108 | San Marino | 8.4% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 109 | Romania | 8.4% | 2023 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 110 | Bahrain | 8.4% | 2020 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 111 | Nigeria | 8.2% | 2013 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 112 | Afghanistan | 8.2% | 2017 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 113 | Greece | 8.0% | 2023 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 7.9% | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 115 | Andorra | 7.8% | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 116 | Japan | 7.6% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 117 | Congo | 7.6% | 2012 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 118 | Angola | 7.4% | 2021 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 119 | Italy | 7.3% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 120 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 6.9% | 2020 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 6.8% | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 122 | Nauru | 6.6% | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 122 | Naoero | 6.6% | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 124 | Ukraine | 6.3% | 2023 | down 58.2% | flat |
| 125 | Lebanon | 5.3% | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 126 | Argentina | 5.0% | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 127 | Somalia | 4.4% | 2024 | up 160.9% | rising |
| 128 | Nepal | 3.6% | 2023 | down 82.4% | falling |
| 129 | India | 2.7% | 2018 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 130 | Pakistan | 1.5% | 2015 | down 0.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.