Education Spending by Country
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
| Country Name |
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
| Sierra Leone |
32.47% |
19.89% |
12.47% |
0.00% |
15.09% |
| Costa Rica |
26.09% |
30.15% |
23.42% |
23.37% |
23.11% |
| Guatemala |
23.75% |
23.09% |
23.43% |
24.09% |
21.96% |
| Honduras |
22.95% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
24.64% |
25.65% |
| Bhutan |
22.77% |
24.04% |
26.18% |
26.35% |
17.82% |
| Burkina Faso |
22.66% |
21.44% |
0.00% |
18.03% |
19.37% |
| Togo |
21.77% |
23.14% |
15.99% |
16.67% |
17.39% |
| Senegal |
21.53% |
21.05% |
21.34% |
23.76% |
24.76% |
| Iran |
21.15% |
20.04% |
19.30% |
18.57% |
19.66% |
| Tanzania |
20.56% |
24.40% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
17.30% |
| Sao Tome And Principe |
20.12% |
18.40% |
15.97% |
11.30% |
12.32% |
| Burundi |
19.92% |
20.40% |
20.91% |
24.22% |
19.69% |
| Madagascar |
19.82% |
0.00% |
19.84% |
16.96% |
18.97% |
| Malaysia |
19.74% |
21.68% |
20.94% |
19.81% |
19.80% |
| Mauritius |
19.65% |
19.93% |
19.96% |
19.46% |
20.91% |
| Andorra |
19.32% |
18.96% |
19.23% |
19.49% |
0.00% |
| Kenya |
19.10% |
17.71% |
17.35% |
16.66% |
17.08% |
| Zimbabwe |
19.04% |
20.79% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
30.02% |
| South Africa |
18.87% |
18.72% |
18.05% |
18.70% |
19.14% |
| St. Vincent And The Grenadines |
18.81% |
18.95% |
20.15% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Hong Kong |
18.79% |
17.84% |
18.13% |
18.61% |
17.62% |
| Ghana |
18.60% |
20.10% |
22.09% |
23.81% |
20.99% |
| Jamaica |
18.58% |
18.40% |
19.15% |
20.05% |
21.80% |
| Mozambique |
17.88% |
18.33% |
19.95% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Benin |
17.71% |
19.88% |
18.79% |
17.48% |
22.23% |
| Moldova |
17.46% |
18.33% |
18.49% |
0.00% |
18.77% |
| Chad |
17.21% |
16.36% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Peru |
17.13% |
18.24% |
17.87% |
17.57% |
16.22% |
| Zambia |
17.05% |
14.81% |
15.40% |
16.34% |
0.00% |
| Cameroon |
16.88% |
15.91% |
12.69% |
13.24% |
12.93% |
| Niger |
16.78% |
13.22% |
15.35% |
18.51% |
21.66% |
| Guyana |
16.00% |
17.64% |
18.72% |
17.80% |
18.74% |
| Colombia |
15.98% |
16.14% |
16.14% |
15.13% |
15.74% |
| Malawi |
15.78% |
14.34% |
17.10% |
21.55% |
16.33% |
| Congo, Rep. |
15.57% |
15.68% |
0.00% |
7.95% |
6.56% |
| El Salvador |
14.95% |
15.59% |
16.11% |
16.60% |
16.11% |
| Guinea |
14.87% |
13.38% |
15.77% |
11.60% |
11.99% |
| Bangladesh |
14.65% |
18.39% |
11.42% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Vietnam |
14.47% |
0.00% |
15.60% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Haiti |
14.44% |
15.37% |
13.11% |
14.57% |
11.98% |
| St. Lucia |
14.36% |
0.00% |
21.98% |
16.45% |
15.30% |
| Nepal |
14.10% |
17.10% |
19.13% |
16.99% |
18.28% |
| Djibouti |
13.99% |
13.25% |
12.01% |
8.58% |
0.00% |
| Lesotho |
13.89% |
15.12% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Kazakhstan |
13.88% |
11.42% |
13.84% |
12.19% |
0.00% |
| Turks And Caicos Islands |
12.12% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
14.26% |
0.00% |
| Jordan |
11.61% |
12.07% |
13.29% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Sri Lanka |
11.33% |
14.50% |
17.73% |
10.95% |
10.82% |
| Gambia |
11.19% |
0.00% |
10.36% |
11.03% |
11.75% |
| Uganda |
10.92% |
12.46% |
11.38% |
12.14% |
10.88% |
| Rwanda |
10.80% |
11.08% |
12.28% |
12.54% |
13.73% |
| Myanmar |
10.35% |
10.10% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Cambodia |
8.84% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
8.79% |
| Papua New Guinea |
8.73% |
10.70% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Albania |
8.44% |
12.39% |
13.60% |
11.32% |
0.00% |
| Liberia |
8.06% |
8.26% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
6.89% |
| Timor-Leste |
7.93% |
8.28% |
7.36% |
8.64% |
6.77% |
| South Sudan |
0.88% |
1.07% |
0.91% |
3.28% |
4.13% |
| Samoa |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.48% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Lithuania |
0.00% |
0.00% |
12.03% |
12.29% |
13.19% |
| Finland |
0.00% |
0.00% |
12.34% |
12.41% |
12.31% |
| Israel |
0.00% |
0.00% |
15.45% |
15.54% |
14.86% |
| Ukraine |
0.00% |
13.05% |
12.35% |
0.00% |
13.12% |
| Slovak Republic |
0.00% |
0.00% |
9.42% |
10.28% |
10.06% |
| Bahrain |
0.00% |
7.18% |
0.00% |
7.30% |
8.68% |
| Dominica |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.52% |
0.00% |
| Luxembourg |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
9.44% |
9.55% |
| New Zealand |
0.00% |
0.00% |
16.82% |
16.38% |
16.28% |
| Tajikistan |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
16.39% |
0.00% |
| Italy |
0.00% |
0.00% |
7.81% |
8.12% |
8.01% |
| Portugal |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.15% |
9.91% |
| Uruguay |
0.00% |
14.94% |
14.65% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Comoros |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.25% |
18.89% |
| Slovenia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
11.75% |
11.22% |
11.27% |
| Denmark |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.83% |
| Latvia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
12.89% |
14.13% |
13.97% |
| Mali |
0.00% |
16.53% |
13.90% |
18.16% |
18.22% |
| Paraguay |
0.00% |
0.00% |
18.15% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| United States |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.40% |
| Australia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.77% |
14.08% |
13.88% |
| Cabo Verde |
0.00% |
16.41% |
17.84% |
16.75% |
16.28% |
| Lao PDR |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
11.76% |
| Namibia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
7.64% |
| Sweden |
0.00% |
0.00% |
15.73% |
15.50% |
15.33% |
| Hungary |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.07% |
9.13% |
9.37% |
| Macao |
0.00% |
13.48% |
13.52% |
13.37% |
13.39% |
| Pakistan |
0.00% |
14.54% |
15.06% |
13.19% |
11.30% |
| Aruba |
0.00% |
0.00% |
21.37% |
22.86% |
19.61% |
| Malta |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.15% |
17.54% |
| Uzbekistan |
0.00% |
23.03% |
23.85% |
23.65% |
23.52% |
| Austria |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.95% |
10.69% |
10.41% |
| Eswatini |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
24.80% |
| Belarus |
0.00% |
12.28% |
12.16% |
11.46% |
12.41% |
| Indonesia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
20.50% |
17.67% |
| Afghanistan |
0.00% |
15.66% |
16.21% |
12.51% |
14.47% |
| Switzerland |
0.00% |
0.00% |
15.51% |
15.53% |
15.46% |
| Micronesia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
22.31% |
0.00% |
| Japan |
0.00% |
0.00% |
8.38% |
0.00% |
9.09% |
| Azerbaijan |
0.00% |
6.95% |
8.21% |
7.63% |
7.24% |
| Grenada |
0.00% |
14.04% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Belize |
0.00% |
21.30% |
20.55% |
21.61% |
22.16% |
| Ecuador |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
12.60% |
12.07% |
| Qatar |
0.00% |
8.56% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
12.74% |
| Gabon |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
11.23% |
| San Marino |
0.00% |
13.10% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Seychelles |
0.00% |
0.00% |
11.72% |
0.00% |
12.08% |
| Bermuda |
0.00% |
7.77% |
0.00% |
9.02% |
7.80% |
| Monaco |
0.00% |
6.98% |
6.60% |
0.00% |
5.01% |
| Romania |
0.00% |
0.00% |
9.51% |
9.09% |
9.26% |
| Tunisia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
22.63% |
0.00% |
| Chile |
0.00% |
21.30% |
21.16% |
19.59% |
19.92% |
| United Kingdom |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.83% |
13.84% |
13.67% |
| Mongolia |
0.00% |
12.65% |
13.06% |
13.55% |
14.67% |
| Belgium |
0.00% |
0.00% |
12.33% |
12.17% |
12.01% |
| Nicaragua |
0.00% |
0.00% |
17.92% |
18.65% |
19.31% |
| Ireland |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.41% |
13.01% |
13.02% |
| Russia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.99% |
10.87% |
11.49% |
| Georgia |
0.00% |
12.95% |
12.67% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Kyrgyz Republic |
0.00% |
15.73% |
16.51% |
15.64% |
14.20% |
| Serbia |
0.00% |
9.26% |
8.69% |
8.88% |
8.76% |
| Cyprus |
0.00% |
0.00% |
16.69% |
16.21% |
15.93% |
| Netherlands |
0.00% |
0.00% |
12.81% |
12.21% |
12.15% |
| Brazil |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
16.22% |
15.44% |
| Spain |
0.00% |
0.00% |
9.97% |
9.77% |
9.54% |
| Czech Republic |
0.00% |
0.00% |
14.15% |
13.88% |
9.41% |
| Norway |
0.00% |
0.00% |
15.97% |
15.73% |
17.04% |
| Barbados |
0.00% |
12.88% |
14.06% |
0.00% |
17.45% |
| Estonia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
13.11% |
12.97% |
14.27% |
| Maldives |
0.00% |
0.00% |
11.28% |
12.89% |
10.35% |
| Poland |
0.00% |
0.00% |
11.29% |
11.55% |
11.58% |
| Argentina |
0.00% |
13.26% |
13.36% |
13.96% |
13.80% |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. |
0.00% |
14.01% |
14.64% |
11.74% |
10.55% |
| Mauritania |
0.00% |
0.00% |
9.33% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Vanuatu |
0.00% |
12.69% |
0.00% |
13.73% |
18.21% |
| Germany |
0.00% |
0.00% |
10.93% |
10.98% |
11.15% |
| Brunei |
0.00% |
0.00% |
11.44% |
0.00% |
9.98% |
| Ethiopia |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
27.10% |
25.92% |
| Iceland |
0.00% |
0.00% |
16.84% |
18.16% |
17.55% |
| Mexico |
0.00% |
0.00% |
17.94% |
19.02% |
18.81% |
| Armenia |
0.00% |
10.40% |
10.20% |
10.66% |
9.37% |
| St. Kitts And Nevis |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
8.64% |
0.00% |
