Portugal vs Spain: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Portugal

4.6%

in 2022

Spain

4.6%

in 2022

Portugal rank

78th

Spain rank

77th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Spain currently reports 4.6% against 4.6% in Portugal, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 78th and Spain ranks 77th 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.