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Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$ (millions) by country

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers), in millions PPP$ (at purchasing power parity) in constant value (taking into account inflation). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Total government...

Countries reporting
157
Highest
222,601 millions
India
Lowest
20.83 millions
Tonga
Median
3,075 millions
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
2,648

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$ (millions) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 222,601 millions in India; the lowest is 20.83 millions in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,075 millions, and the mean is 19,773 millions.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,684.

Over the past decade 127 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 626.9%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 33.4%).

Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 222,601 millions 2013 up 108.2% rising
2 Germany 214,932 millions 2017 up 27.2% rising
3 Brazil 190,797 millions 2017 up 48.8% rising
4 Russia 179,097 millions 2017 up 48.4% rising
5 France 163,400 millions 2017 — rising
6 Japan 161,529 millions 2017 down 0.0% rising
7 United Kingdom 157,689 millions 2017 up 24.4% rising
9 Italy 102,317 millions 2017 down 6.4% flat
10 Indonesia 93,980 millions 2015 up 115.8% volatile
11 South Korea 88,456 millions 2016 — volatile
12 Canada 78,806 millions 2011 up 41.9% rising
13 Spain 77,589 millions 2017 up 1.8% rising
14 China 75,846 millions 1999 up 127.2% rising
15 Australia 61,653 millions 2017 up 42.8% rising
16 Saudi Arabia 60,307 millions 2008 down 14.6% rising
17 Argentina 56,688 millions 2017 up 42.7% rising
18 Poland 52,209 millions 2017 up 30.6% rising
19 Netherlands 49,069 millions 2017 up 15.3% rising
20 South Africa 47,058 millions 2019 up 43.9% rising
21 Iran 45,751 millions 2018 up 24.7% rising
22 Thailand 44,355 millions 2013 up 63.6% rising
23 Sweden 40,148 millions 2017 up 44.2% rising
24 Malaysia 37,710 millions 2019 up 17.0% rising
25 Belgium 36,999 millions 2017 up 12.6% rising
26 Turkey 36,413 millions 2006 up 179.3% rising
27 Colombia 31,992 millions 2018 up 59.5% rising
28 Vietnam 30,206 millions 2018 up 54.9% rising
29 Egypt 29,241 millions 2008 up 49.4% rising
30 Switzerland 29,111 millions 2017 up 26.6% rising
31 Ukraine 27,297 millions 2017 down 25.7% rising
32 Norway 26,278 millions 2017 up 35.7% rising
33 Pakistan 26,038 millions 2017 up 57.4% rising
34 Austria 25,755 millions 2017 up 14.1% rising
35 Denmark 24,812 millions 2017 up 11.1% rising
36 Chile 23,688 millions 2017 up 126.6% volatile
37 Israel 20,686 millions 2017 up 55.0% rising
38 Portugal 17,093 millions 2017 up 2.0% rising
40 Finland 16,676 millions 2017 up 14.2% rising
41 Romania 16,486 millions 2017 down 3.8% rising
42 Peru 16,070 millions 2019 up 89.7% rising
43 Czechia 15,716 millions 2017 up 15.8% rising
44 Greece 15,222 millions 2005 up 77.6% rising
45 Hungary 13,489 millions 2017 up 1.6% rising
46 Ireland 13,172 millions 2017 up 6.7% rising
47 Philippines 13,149 millions 2009 up 6.8% rising
49 Kazakhstan 12,213 millions 2018 up 51.2% rising
50 New Zealand 11,793 millions 2017 up 31.4% rising
51 Uzbekistan 11,151 millions 2017 — rising
52 Morocco 10,452 millions 2009 up 62.8% rising
53 Kenya 9,917 millions 2018 up 59.9% rising
54 Ecuador 9,641 millions 2015 up 48.1% volatile
55 Bangladesh 9,332 millions 2019 up 27.7% rising
56 Belarus 8,326 millions 2017 up 17.2% rising
57 Tunisia 7,758 millions 2015 up 39.6% rising
58 Ethiopia 7,634 millions 2015 up 113.0% volatile
59 Qatar 7,072 millions 2019 up 71.6% rising
60 Costa Rica 6,989 millions 2019 up 66.5% rising
61 Slovakia 6,622 millions 2017 up 41.1% rising
62 Bulgaria 6,186 millions 2017 up 34.3% rising
63 Ghana 6,169 millions 2018 up 31.0% rising
64 Angola 6,147 millions 2010 up 274.1% volatile
65 Oman 5,954 millions 2013 up 103.4% rising
66 Sri Lanka 5,922 millions 2018 up 92.5% volatile
67 Myanmar 5,369 millions 2019 up 329.7% volatile
68 Kuwait 5,100 millions 2006 up 4.1% rising
69 Tanzania 5,040 millions 2018 up 62.3% volatile
70 Guatemala 4,607 millions 2019 up 43.0% rising
71 Serbia 4,345 millions 2018 down 9.1% falling
72 Croatia 4,297 millions 2017 down 2.9% rising
73 Cote d'Ivoire 4,105 millions 2018 up 32.5% rising
74 Nepal 3,888 millions 2018 up 109.7% rising
75 Uruguay 3,759 millions 2018 up 181.5% volatile
76 Lithuania 3,647 millions 2017 down 5.1% rising
77 Slovenia 3,623 millions 2017 up 0.1% rising
78 Azerbaijan 3,468 millions 2018 up 25.7% rising
79 Honduras 3,300 millions 2018 up 24.8% volatile
80 Afghanistan 3,245 millions 2017 up 52.6% rising
81 Sudan 3,156 millions 2009 up 308.3% rising
82 Jordan 3,075 millions 2019 — rising
83 Cameroon 2,845 millions 2018 up 83.5% rising
84 Paraguay 2,833 millions 2016 up 87.6% rising
85 Zambia 2,822 millions 2018 up 626.9% volatile
87 Zimbabwe 2,654 millions 2018 up 495.4% volatile
88 Senegal 2,540 millions 2018 up 93.7% rising
89 Lebanon 2,522 millions 2013 up 66.7% rising
90 Latvia 2,433 millions 2017 down 5.9% rising
91 Luxembourg 2,402 millions 2017 up 4.8% rising
92 Macao 2,282 millions 2018 up 107.3% rising
93 Burkina Faso 2,267 millions 2018 up 143.8% volatile
94 Dominican Republic 2,247 millions 2007 up 204.2% volatile
95 Estonia 2,216 millions 2017 up 14.7% rising
96 Mozambique 2,092 millions 2018 up 191.6% volatile
97 El Salvador 1,987 millions 2018 down 1.7% rising
98 Kyrgyzstan 1,885 millions 2017 up 43.4% rising
99 Cyprus 1,875 millions 2017 down 2.4% rising
100 Georgia 1,871 millions 2018 up 77.9% volatile
101 Uganda 1,822 millions 2018 up 83.0% rising
102 Moldova 1,821 millions 2018 down 9.0% rising
103 Nicaragua 1,671 millions 2017 up 38.7% volatile
104 Bahrain 1,657 millions 2017 up 32.1% rising
105 Mali 1,576 millions 2017 up 63.0% rising
106 Namibia 1,498 millions 2010 up 82.6% rising
107 Cambodia 1,462 millions 2018 up 166.0% volatile
108 Iceland 1,461 millions 2017 up 28.9% rising
109 Mongolia 1,440 millions 2017 up 72.6% rising
110 Jamaica 1,422 millions 2019 down 15.3% rising
111 Albania 1,353 millions 2017 up 48.9% rising
112 Palestine 1,347 millions 2017 up 6.3% rising
113 Mauritius 1,330 millions 2019 up 123.4% rising
114 Democratic Republic of Congo 1,255 millions 2017 up 47.3% rising
115 Tajikistan 1,248 millions 2015 up 187.8% volatile
116 Laos 1,208 millions 2014 up 160.1% volatile
117 Madagascar 1,197 millions 2018 up 37.8% rising
118 Brunei 1,072 millions 2016 up 120.8% flat
119 Benin 1,065 millions 2018 up 61.0% rising
120 Sierra Leone 1,034 millions 2019 up 332.4% volatile
121 Armenia 965.97 millions 2017 up 12.4% rising
122 Niger 952.51 millions 2018 up 125.6% volatile
123 Malta 938.23 millions 2017 up 25.0% rising
124 Trinidad and Tobago 867.27 millions 2003 up 75.6% rising
125 Malawi 864.75 millions 2018 up 85.3% rising
126 Gabon 775.43 millions 2014 up 6.0% rising
127 Guinea 718.32 millions 2018 up 146.7% volatile
128 Rwanda 705.6 millions 2018 up 52.4% rising
129 North Macedonia 667.48 millions 2002 down 28.6% falling
130 Eswatini 660.07 millions 2014 up 89.3% rising
131 Togo 657.68 millions 2018 up 185.0% rising
132 Congo 628.7 millions 2018 down 33.4% rising
133 Chad 585.03 millions 2017 up 111.3% volatile
134 Bhutan 552.33 millions 2018 up 158.5% rising
135 Haiti 546.55 millions 2018 — rising
136 Mauritania 445.81 millions 2019 up 5.5% rising
137 Lesotho 438.1 millions 2018 down 18.5% rising
138 Burundi 432.21 millions 2018 up 23.7% rising
139 Guyana 398.52 millions 2018 up 120.2% rising
140 Fiji 383.04 millions 2013 down 24.7% falling
141 Maldives 342.77 millions 2016 up 45.2% rising
142 East Timor 265.28 millions 2018 up 15.0% falling
143 Aruba 219.37 millions 2016 up 20.3% rising
144 Belize 203.73 millions 2018 up 60.8% rising
145 Barbados 199.06 millions 2017 down 18.4% flat
146 South Sudan 192.53 millions 2017 — falling
147 Cape Verde 185.03 millions 2017 up 19.7% rising
148 Liberia 167.49 millions 2018 up 134.5% rising
149 Gambia 118.33 millions 2018 up 45.6% rising
150 Seychelles 110.59 millions 2016 up 39.4% falling
151 Solomon Islands 107.15 millions 2010 up 392.9% volatile
152 Saint Lucia 88.71 millions 2018 down 15.2% falling
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 78.23 millions 2018 up 7.0% rising
154 Guinea-Bissau 62.23 millions 2013 up 5.9% flat
155 Central African Republic 60.84 millions 2011 down 0.4% falling
156 Comoros 58.56 millions 2015 up 61.1% rising
157 Samoa 47.48 millions 2016 down 18.8% rising
158 Sao Tome and Principe 42.86 millions 2018 up 40.4% rising
159 Vanuatu 40.4 millions 2017 down 4.3% rising
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 34.61 millions 2015 down 15.7% rising
161 Tonga 20.83 millions 2004 down 15.6% falling

About this data

Indicator
Government expenditure on education, constant PPP$ (millions)
Unit
millions
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
161 places, 2,648 data points, 1990–2019
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Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers), in millions PPP$ (at purchasing power parity) in constant value (taking into account inflation). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Total government expenditure for a given level of education (e.g. primary, secondary, or all levels combined) in national currency is converted to PPP$, and where it is expressed in constant value, uses a GDP deflator to account for inflation. The constant prices base year is normally three years before the year of the data release. For example, in the July 2017 data release, constant PPP$ values are expressed in 2014 prices. Limitations: In some instances data on total government expenditure on education refers only to the Ministry of Education, excluding other ministries which may also spend a part of their budget on educational activities. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/