Education Spending by Country (2023)

World rankings for Education Spending. Higher values rank higher. Based on latest available data.

# Country Value CAGR 1Y
1 Kiribati 16.4% 1.9% 10.9% 2 Micronesia 11.6% -3.6% 8.1% 3 Namibia 9.1% 1.0% -3.3% 4 Cuba 8.4% 0.0% -10.1% 5 Bolivia 8.3% 1.5% 9.8% 6 Marshall Islands 7.7% -2.5% -49.3% 7 Iceland 7.3% 1.7% -11.2% 8 Kyrgyzstan 6.8% 0.7% -4.8% 9 Moldova 6.6% -1.5% 8.4% 10 Lesotho 6.6% 0.7% -9.2% 11 Kuwait 6.4% 1.3% 28.1% 12 Finland 6.4% 0.3% -3.2% 13 Denmark 6.4% 0.1% -8.7% 14 Belgium 6.3% 0.2% -1.6% 15 Costa Rica 6.2% -0.4% -5.7% 16 Eswatini 6.0% 1.0% 20.5% 17 Morocco 6.0% 0.5% 1.8% 18 Mozambique 6.0% 5.1% -5.8% 19 Israel 5.9% 0.3% -3.8% 20 Argentina 5.9% 2.7% 23.1% 21 Bhutan 5.8% 2.2% -21.8% 22 Nauru 5.7% -4.8% -4.1% 23 Brazil 5.6% 0.8% 2.2% 24 Algeria 5.6% -0.6% 18.1% 25 Jamaica 5.5% 0.8% -2.5% 26 Norway 5.5% -0.2% -21.6% 27 Palestine 5.4% -1.2% 15.1% 28 Dominica 5.4% 0.7% 14.7% 29 Burkina Faso 5.3% 2.6% 0.6% 30 France 5.3% 0.8% -1.7% 31 Austria 5.3% 0.5% -3.7% 32 New Zealand 5.3% 0.2% 1.0% 33 Colombia 5.3% 2.7% 16.7% 34 Germany 5.2% 0.6% -2.4% 35 Estonia 5.2% 0.0% -0.2% 36 Netherlands 5.2% -0.3% -3.7% 37 Maldives 5.2% -0.5% 10.6% 38 Grenada 5.1% 1.3% 26.9% 39 Australia 5.1% -0.4% -5.3% 40 Belarus 5.0% -0.8% 7.0% 41 Chile 4.9% 0.6% -2.0% 42 Canada 4.9% -0.9% 2.8% 43 Burundi 4.9% 1.3% -8.5% 44 Kazakhstan 4.8% 0.7% 11.2% 45 Cyprus 4.7% 0.2% -6.8% 46 Malta 4.7% -0.5% -4.3% 47 Mauritania 4.7% 4.3% 239.3% 48 Belize 4.6% 0.5% 9.3% 49 Honduras 4.5% 1.8% 1.5% 50 Bulgaria 4.5% 0.6% -4.4% 51 Guyana 4.5% 0.1% -4.6% 52 Afghanistan 4.3% 3.2% -4.4% 53 Latvia 4.3% 0.6% -9.4% 54 Czechia 4.3% 0.5% -7.5% 55 Oman 4.3% 0.4% -37.5% 56 Lithuania 4.3% 0.3% 0.3% 57 Fiji 4.2% -0.5% 7.8% 58 Mali 4.2% 0.4% 3.5% 59 India 4.1% 0.8% -11.5% 60 Croatia 4.1% 0.4% -7.2% 61 Mauritius 4.1% 0.5% -10.5% 62 Niger 4.1% 2.6% 9.8% 63 Italy 4.1% 0.4% -2.4% 64 Mexico 4.1% 1.8% -4.1% 65 Kenya 4.0% 0.0% 1.5% 66 China 4.0% 2.1% 111.9% 67 Georgia 4.0% -1.8% 7.3% 68 Ecuador 3.9% 1.3% 8.2% 69 Hungary 3.8% 0.2% -18.6% 70 Egypt 3.8% -0.5% 2.1% 71 Dominican Republic 3.8% 0.7% 4.2% 72 Djibouti 3.8% -3.7% 0.5% 73 Luxembourg 3.7% 0.9% -0.4% 74 Nepal 3.7% 0.9% -6.8% 75 Azerbaijan 3.7% -1.6% 20.3% 76 Mongolia 3.7% -0.3% -10.1% 77 Barbados 3.6% -1.0% -5.8% 78 Iraq 3.6% -0.7% 46.5% 79 Palau 3.5% -3.4% -1.4% 80 Jordan 3.5% -0.1% 11.5% 81 Malaysia 3.5% -0.5% 0.4% 82 Ivory Coast 3.4% -1.0% -2.4% 83 Greece 3.4% 1.5% -4.9% 84 Congo Republic 3.3% -1.0% 22.5% 85 Japan 3.3% -0.1% 0.9% 86 North Macedonia 3.3% -3.5% -23.3% 87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2% -0.2% 9.3% 88 Benin 3.2% 0.6% 4.3% 89 Chad 3.2% 1.3% 23.1% 90 El Salvador 3.2% 2.6% -2.6% 91 Guatemala 3.1% 1.0% -3.2% 92 Antigua and Barbuda 3.1% 0.9% 24.0% 93 Albania 3.1% -0.4% 13.3% 94 Madagascar 3.0% -0.1% -0.7% 95 Ghana 2.9% -0.7% -14.4% 96 Ireland 2.9% -0.9% -9.0% 97 Nicaragua 2.9% 0.6% -24.6% 98 DR Congo 2.8% 0.5% 6.9% 99 Cameroon 2.8% -0.2% 6.8% 100 Iran 2.8% 0.0% 5.8% 101 Gambia 2.8% -1.1% -2.9% 102 Malawi 2.7% 0.6% -17.3% 103 Bahamas 2.7% 0.9% 4.5% 104 Liechtenstein 2.6% 0.5% 24.8% 105 Angola 2.5% -1.3% 5.3% 106 Armenia 2.4% 1.0% -2.1% 107 Comoros 2.3% 0.2% -3.7% 108 Gabon 2.3% -0.6% 4.9% 109 Ethiopia 2.3% 1.2% -21.5% 110 Liberia 2.3% -2.5% -0.4% 111 Libya 2.3% -3.1% -45.1% 112 Eritrea 2.1% 2.6% -32.5% 113 Bangladesh 2.0% 1.3% -5.9% 114 Guinea-Bissau 2.0% -0.1% 6.6% 115 Myanmar 2.0% -0.8% 0.4% 116 Pakistan 1.9% 0.3% -1.3% 117 Andorra 1.9% -2.5% -28.3% 118 Bahrain 1.9% -0.1% 10.3% 119 Central African Republic 1.8% -1.2% -13.5% 120 Monaco 1.7% 2.0% 47.9% 121 Guinea 1.7% 4.3% -14.1% 122 Indonesia 1.3% -1.5% 47.6% 123 Laos 1.2% -2.0% -15.5% 124 Lebanon 1.2% -1.0% -18.6% 125 Haiti 1.0% -0.9% -6.1% 126 Nigeria 0.3% -4.6% -8.5%