Benin vs Tanzania: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Benin

3.2%

in 2023

Tanzania

3.2%

in 2024

Benin rank

141st

Tanzania rank

144th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Benin currently reports 3.2% against 3.2% in Tanzania, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 141st and Tanzania ranks 144th of 199 countries.

Indicator: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education
Unit: % of GDP
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 5,140 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.