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Government expenditure on education, 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 nominal value. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Total government expenditure for a given level of...

Countries reporting
160
Highest
236,569 millions
India
Lowest
16.24 millions
Tonga
Median
3,223 millions
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
2,668

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on education, PPP$ (millions) is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 236,569 millions in India; the lowest is 16.24 millions in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,223 millions, and the mean is 20,372 millions.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 14,570.

Over the past decade 146 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 656.7%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 50.4%).

Government expenditure on education, PPP$: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 236,569 millions 2013 up 161.8% rising
2 Germany 214,932 millions 2017 up 65.0% rising
3 Brazil 190,797 millions 2017 up 60.7% rising
4 Russia 179,097 millions 2017 up 117.2% volatile
5 France 163,400 millions 2017 — rising
6 Japan 161,529 millions 2017 up 14.6% rising
7 United Kingdom 157,689 millions 2017 up 51.7% rising
8 Mexico 111,717 millions 2017 up 52.7% volatile
9 Italy 102,317 millions 2017 up 25.1% rising
10 Indonesia 94,883 millions 2015 up 133.4% volatile
11 South Korea 87,812 millions 2016 — volatile
12 Spain 77,589 millions 2017 up 24.3% rising
13 Canada 71,777 millions 2011 up 60.8% rising
14 Saudi Arabia 69,228 millions 2008 up 6.9% rising
15 China 62,770 millions 1999 up 157.7% rising
16 Australia 61,653 millions 2017 up 73.8% rising
17 Argentina 56,688 millions 2017 up 93.2% rising
18 Poland 52,209 millions 2017 up 67.6% rising
19 Netherlands 49,069 millions 2017 up 39.6% rising
20 South Africa 48,594 millions 2019 up 59.5% rising
21 Iran 46,383 millions 2018 up 2.9% rising
22 Thailand 43,300 millions 2013 up 103.1% rising
23 Sweden 40,148 millions 2017 up 74.0% rising
24 Malaysia 39,273 millions 2019 up 23.5% rising
25 Belgium 36,999 millions 2017 up 44.0% rising
26 Colombia 33,121 millions 2018 up 86.7% rising
27 Venezuela 32,842 millions 2009 up 176.3% volatile
28 Vietnam 30,919 millions 2018 up 95.2% rising
29 Switzerland 29,111 millions 2017 up 65.3% rising
30 Ukraine 27,297 millions 2017 up 10.3% rising
31 Egypt 26,418 millions 2008 up 103.2% rising
32 Norway 26,278 millions 2017 up 52.8% rising
33 Pakistan 26,038 millions 2017 up 68.3% volatile
34 Turkey 25,757 millions 2006 up 161.4% rising
35 Austria 25,755 millions 2017 up 53.1% rising
36 Denmark 24,812 millions 2017 up 53.1% rising
37 Chile 23,688 millions 2017 up 163.2% volatile
38 Israel 20,686 millions 2017 up 90.7% rising
39 Hong Kong 17,749 millions 2019 up 24.2% rising
40 Portugal 17,093 millions 2017 up 28.2% rising
41 Peru 16,736 millions 2019 up 106.8% volatile
42 Finland 16,676 millions 2017 up 47.1% rising
43 Romania 16,486 millions 2017 up 39.0% rising
44 Czechia 15,716 millions 2017 up 51.1% rising
45 Hungary 13,489 millions 2017 up 37.0% rising
47 Kazakhstan 12,501 millions 2018 up 70.3% rising
48 Singapore 12,444 millions 2013 up 65.9% rising
49 Philippines 12,356 millions 2009 up 34.8% rising
50 New Zealand 11,793 millions 2017 up 71.6% rising
51 Uzbekistan 11,151 millions 2017 — flat
52 Greece 11,140 millions 2005 up 99.2% rising
53 Kenya 10,783 millions 2018 up 153.3% volatile
54 Morocco 10,411 millions 2009 up 102.5% volatile
55 Bangladesh 9,729 millions 2019 up 57.6% volatile
56 Ecuador 8,963 millions 2015 up 58.4% volatile
57 Belarus 8,326 millions 2017 up 37.2% rising
58 Oman 7,897 millions 2013 up 137.9% volatile
59 Tunisia 7,528 millions 2015 up 48.3% rising
60 Qatar 7,366 millions 2019 up 20.2% volatile
61 Costa Rica 7,270 millions 2019 up 119.2% volatile
62 Kuwait 7,144 millions 2006 up 26.7% rising
63 Ethiopia 7,035 millions 2015 up 161.9% volatile
64 Slovakia 6,622 millions 2017 up 65.0% rising
65 Ghana 6,314 millions 2018 up 71.6% rising
66 Bulgaria 6,186 millions 2017 up 74.0% rising
67 Sri Lanka 6,062 millions 2018 up 122.1% volatile
68 Myanmar 5,592 millions 2019 up 332.8% volatile
69 Angola 5,264 millions 2010 up 360.5% volatile
70 Tanzania 4,963 millions 2018 up 62.1% volatile
71 Guatemala 4,798 millions 2019 up 65.5% rising
72 Serbia 4,397 millions 2018 up 6.6% rising
73 Nepal 4,369 millions 2018 up 170.6% volatile
74 Croatia 4,297 millions 2017 up 29.9% rising
75 Cote d'Ivoire 4,202 millions 2018 up 100.7% rising
76 Uruguay 3,848 millions 2018 up 223.8% volatile
77 Lithuania 3,647 millions 2017 up 28.8% rising
78 Slovenia 3,623 millions 2017 up 27.4% rising
79 Azerbaijan 3,550 millions 2018 up 25.7% volatile
80 Honduras 3,378 millions 2018 up 57.7% volatile
81 Afghanistan 3,245 millions 2017 up 86.8% rising
82 Jordan 3,202 millions 2019 — rising
83 Sudan 3,072 millions 2009 up 396.8% rising
84 Cameroon 2,912 millions 2018 up 120.3% rising
85 Zambia 2,888 millions 2018 up 645.7% volatile
86 Paraguay 2,804 millions 2016 up 100.8% rising
87 Zimbabwe 2,716 millions 2018 up 656.7% volatile
88 Senegal 2,600 millions 2018 up 108.2% volatile
89 Latvia 2,433 millions 2017 up 31.0% rising
91 Macao 2,336 millions 2018 up 156.4% volatile
92 Burkina Faso 2,320 millions 2018 up 197.8% volatile
93 Estonia 2,216 millions 2017 up 61.4% rising
94 Lebanon 2,154 millions 2013 up 120.0% rising
95 Mozambique 2,141 millions 2018 up 241.2% volatile
96 El Salvador 2,034 millions 2018 up 22.7% rising
97 Panama 1,982 millions 2011 up 85.2% rising
98 Dominican Republic 1,930 millions 2007 up 284.4% volatile
99 Georgia 1,915 millions 2018 up 139.0% volatile
100 Kyrgyzstan 1,885 millions 2017 up 100.0% volatile
101 Cyprus 1,875 millions 2017 up 18.5% volatile
102 Moldova 1,864 millions 2018 up 26.9% rising
103 Uganda 1,820 millions 2018 up 66.2% rising
104 Nicaragua 1,671 millions 2017 up 60.7% volatile
105 Bahrain 1,657 millions 2017 up 30.7% rising
106 Mali 1,576 millions 2017 up 93.7% rising
107 Jamaica 1,512 millions 2019 up 5.6% rising
108 Cambodia 1,496 millions 2018 up 216.7% volatile
109 Iceland 1,461 millions 2017 up 63.0% rising
110 Mongolia 1,440 millions 2017 up 77.0% rising
111 Namibia 1,382 millions 2010 up 127.2% rising
112 Mauritius 1,357 millions 2019 up 149.5% volatile
113 Albania 1,353 millions 2017 up 91.1% volatile
114 Palestine 1,347 millions 2017 up 47.5% rising
115 Tajikistan 1,323 millions 2015 up 225.5% volatile
116 Democratic Republic of Congo 1,255 millions 2017 up 101.1% rising
117 Madagascar 1,225 millions 2018 up 45.5% rising
118 Brunei 1,148 millions 2016 up 86.7% rising
119 Laos 1,146 millions 2014 up 254.8% volatile
120 Benin 1,090 millions 2018 up 92.2% rising
121 Sierra Leone 1,077 millions 2019 up 467.8% volatile
122 Niger 974.99 millions 2018 up 130.7% volatile
123 Armenia 965.97 millions 2017 up 44.5% rising
125 Malawi 864.41 millions 2018 up 77.7% volatile
126 Trinidad and Tobago 786.66 millions 2003 up 105.9% rising
127 Gabon 772.15 millions 2014 up 26.3% rising
128 Guinea 735.27 millions 2018 up 191.5% volatile
129 Rwanda 727.42 millions 2018 up 78.1% rising
130 Togo 673.2 millions 2018 up 218.3% volatile
131 Eswatini 669.21 millions 2014 up 125.2% rising
132 Congo 643.54 millions 2018 down 50.4% volatile
133 Chad 585.03 millions 2017 up 121.2% volatile
134 Bhutan 569.13 millions 2018 up 228.7% volatile
135 Haiti 559.44 millions 2018 — rising
136 Mauritania 464.29 millions 2019 up 25.4% rising
137 Burundi 442.41 millions 2018 up 64.8% volatile
138 North Macedonia 426.36 millions 2002 down 11.9% falling
139 Guyana 407.92 millions 2018 up 154.5% volatile
140 Lesotho 406.58 millions 2018 down 11.4% rising
141 Maldives 339.42 millions 2016 up 96.8% rising
142 Fiji 320.52 millions 2013 down 0.8% rising
143 East Timor 271.54 millions 2018 up 78.9% rising
144 Aruba 216.43 millions 2016 up 35.7% rising
145 Belize 201.99 millions 2018 up 59.3% rising
146 Barbados 199.06 millions 2017 down 14.6% rising
147 Cape Verde 185.03 millions 2017 up 35.5% rising
148 Liberia 184.17 millions 2018 up 238.5% rising
149 Gambia 121.12 millions 2018 up 46.4% rising
150 Seychelles 107.49 millions 2016 up 56.4% rising
151 Eritrea 96.62 millions 2006 up 91.0% flat
152 Solomon Islands 95.4 millions 2010 up 529.3% volatile
153 Saint Lucia 90.11 millions 2018 up 0.1% rising
154 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80.07 millions 2018 up 28.5% rising
155 Bermuda 65.31 millions 2017 down 8.4% rising
156 Comoros 53.61 millions 2015 up 123.5% rising
157 Central African Republic 49.57 millions 2011 up 25.2% rising
158 Guinea-Bissau 47.96 millions 2013 up 34.0% rising
159 Samoa 46.97 millions 2016 down 8.0% rising
160 Sao Tome and Principe 43.88 millions 2018 up 69.5% rising
161 Vanuatu 40.4 millions 2017 up 9.6% rising
162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 32.38 millions 2015 down 6.9% rising
163 Tonga 16.24 millions 2004 down 6.5% falling

About this data

Indicator
Government expenditure on education, PPP$ (millions)
Unit
millions
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
163 places, 2,668 data points, 1990–2019
Last refreshed

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers), in millions PPP$ (at purchasing power parity), in nominal value. 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$. 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/