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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 (2021 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.)