Afghanistan vs Peru: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education
Afghanistan
4.3%
in 2017
Peru
4.4%
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
90th
Peru rank
88th
Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time
- Afghanistan
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 4.4% against 4.3% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 90th and Peru ranks 88th of 199 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher government spending on education overall vs. primary education, Afghanistan or Peru?
- Peru, at 4.4% against 4.3% in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in government spending on education overall vs. primary education between Afghanistan and Peru?
- 0.1%, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Peru?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2017.
- How do Afghanistan and Peru rank globally for government spending on education overall vs. primary education?
- Afghanistan ranks 90th and Peru ranks 88th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Government spending on education overall vs. primary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.