Education expenditures

This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.

• Afghanistan

  2.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Akrotiri

  NA

• Albania

  3.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Algeria

  7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• American Samoa

  NA

• Andorra

  2.9% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Angola

  2.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Anguilla

  4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  3.8% of GDP (202 est.)

• Argentina

  5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Armenia

  2.8% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Aruba

  5.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  NA

• Australia

  6.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Austria

  5.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  4.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  2.8% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Bahrain

  2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Bangladesh

  2.1% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Barbados

  6.5% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Belarus

  4.7% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Belgium

  6.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Belize

  8.7% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Benin

  3% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Bermuda

  1.9% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Bhutan

  7% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Bolivia

  9.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  NA

• Botswana

  8.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Brazil

  6% of GDP (2019 est.)

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  NA

• British Virgin Islands

  2.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Brunei

  4.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

• Bulgaria

  4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Burma

  2.1% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Burundi

  5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  7.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Cambodia

  3.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Cameroon

  3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Canada

  5.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  2.1% of GDP (2019)

• Central African Republic

  2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Chad

  2.9% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Chile

  5.6% of GDP (2019 est.)

• China

  3.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Clipperton Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  NA

• Colombia

  4.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Comoros

  2.6% of GDP (2015 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  2.7% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  4.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Cook Islands

  4.6% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Coral Sea Islands

  NA

• Costa Rica

  6.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Croatia

  5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Cuba

  NA

• Curacao

  7.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Cyprus

  6.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Czechia

  5.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Denmark

  6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Dhekelia

  NA

• Djibouti

  3.6% of GDP (2018 est.)

• Dominica

  5.5% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  4.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Ecuador

  3.7% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Egypt

  2.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• El Salvador

  4.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  NA

• Eritrea

  NA

• Estonia

  6.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Eswatini

  5% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Ethiopia

  4.5% of GDP (2019 est.)

• European Union

  5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  NA

• Faroe Islands

  7.6% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Fiji

  5.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Finland

  5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• France

  5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• French Polynesia

  NA

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  NA

• Gabon

  3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Gambia, The

  2.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  5.3% of GDP (2018 est.)
  
  note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• Georgia

  3.6% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Germany

  4.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Ghana

  3.9% of GDP (2018 est.)

• Gibraltar

  NA

• Greece

  4.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Greenland

  10.2% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Grenada

  3.6% of GDP (2018 est.)

• Guam

  NA

• Guatemala

  3.1% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Guernsey

  NA

• Guinea

  2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  2.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Guyana

  4.5% of GDP (2018 est.)

• Haiti

  1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  NA

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

  6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Hong Kong

  4% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Hungary

  4.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Iceland

  7.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• India

  4.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Indonesia

  3.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Iran

  3.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Iraq

  4.7% of GDP (2016)

• Ireland

  3.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Isle of Man

  NA

• Israel

  7.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Italy

  4.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Jamaica

  6% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Jan Mayen

  NA

• Japan

  3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Jersey

  NA

• Jordan

  3.2% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  4.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Kenya

  4.8% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Kiribati

  12.4% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Korea, North

  NA

• Korea, South

  4.7% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Kosovo

  NA

• Kuwait

  6.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  6.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Laos

  2.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Latvia

  6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Lebanon

  1.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Lesotho

  8.7% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Liberia

  2.7% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Libya

  NA

• Liechtenstein

  2.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

• Lithuania

  4% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Luxembourg

  5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Macau

  6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Madagascar

  3.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Malawi

  2.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Malaysia

  3.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Maldives

  5.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Mali

  4.4% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Malta

  5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  13.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Mauritania

  1.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Mauritius

  4.9% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Mexico

  4.3% of GDP (2018 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  9.7% of GDP (2018 est.)

• Moldova

  6.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Monaco

  1.2% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Mongolia

  4.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Montenegro

  NA

• Montserrat

  5.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Morocco

  6.8% of GDP (2020)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Namibia

  9.6% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Nauru

  7.1% of GDP (2021) NA

• Navassa Island

  NA

• Nepal

  4.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Netherlands

  5.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

• New Caledonia

  NA

• New Zealand

  6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Nicaragua

  4.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Niger

  3.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Nigeria

  0.5% of GDP (2013)

• Niue

  NA

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

  NA

• Northern Mariana Islands

  NA

• Norway

  5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Oman

  5.4% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Pakistan

  2.4% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Palau

  6.8% of GDP (2019)

• Panama

  3.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  1.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Paracel Islands

  NA

• Paraguay

  3.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Peru

  4% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Philippines

  3.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

  5.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Portugal

  5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  3.6% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Qatar

  3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Romania

  3.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Russia

  3.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Rwanda

  3.8% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Saint Barthelemy

  NA

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  NA

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  2.5% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  3.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Saint Martin

  NA

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  NA

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  5.7% of GDP (2018 est.)

• Samoa

  4.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

• San Marino

  3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  7.8% of GDP (2020) NA

• Senegal

  5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Serbia

  3.6% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Seychelles

  5.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  9.1% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Singapore

  2.8% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Sint Maarten

  NA

• Slovakia

  4.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Slovenia

  5.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  12.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Somalia

  0.3% of GDP (2019) NA

• South Africa

  6.6% of GDP (2021 est.)

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  NA

• South Sudan

  1.5% of GDP (2016 est.)

• Spain

  4.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Spratly Islands

  NA

• Sri Lanka

  1.9% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Sudan

  NA

• Suriname

  5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Svalbard

  NA

• Sweden

  7.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Switzerland

  5.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Syria

  NA

• Taiwan

  NA

• Tajikistan

  5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Tanzania

  3.3% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Thailand

  3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  4.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Togo

  4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Tokelau

  NA

• Tonga

  6.6% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  4.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Tunisia

  7.3% of GDP (2016 est.)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  3.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  3.1% of GDP (2019 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  4.5% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Tuvalu

  NA

• Uganda

  2.7% of GDP (2021 est.)

• Ukraine

  5.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  3.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• United Kingdom

  5.5% of GDP (2020 est.)

• United States

  6.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  NA

• Uruguay

  4.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  4.9% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Vanuatu

  2.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Venezuela

  1.3% of GDP (2017 est.)

• Vietnam

  4.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  NA

• Wake Island

  NA

• Wallis and Futuna

  NA

• West Bank

  5.3% of GDP (2018 est.)
  
  note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

• Yemen

  NA

• Zambia

  3.7% of GDP (2020)

• Zimbabwe

  3.9% of GDP (2018 est.)