France vs South Korea: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

France

5.3%

in 2022

South Korea

5.4%

in 2022

France rank

47th

South Korea rank

44th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

South Korea currently reports 5.4% against 5.3% in France, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1970 it was France ahead.

France ranks 47th and South Korea ranks 44th 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.