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

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on primary education (current, capital, and transfers) in millions US$ in constant value (taking into account inflation). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. Total government expenditure for a given...

Countries reporting
143
Highest
293,636 millions
United States
Lowest
5.49 millions
Kiribati
Median
570.21 millions
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,788

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on primary education, constant US$ (millions) is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 293,636 millions in United States; the lowest is 5.49 millions in Kiribati.

The median across all reporting countries is 570.21 millions, and the mean is 5,736 millions.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 53,533.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 407.8%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 73.4%).

Government expenditure on primary education, constant US$: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 293,636 millions 2017 — rising
2 Japan 54,954 millions 2017 down 1.1% rising
3 United Kingdom 46,648 millions 2017 up 29.1% rising
4 Brazil 32,540 millions 2017 up 15.3% rising
5 France 30,026 millions 2017 — rising
6 Germany 23,253 millions 2017 up 17.3% rising
7 Australia 22,665 millions 2017 up 35.1% rising
8 South Korea 21,622 millions 2016 — volatile
9 Italy 19,293 millions 2017 down 9.3% rising
10 India 18,756 millions 2013 up 63.9% rising
11 Mexico 17,262 millions 2017 up 1.7% rising
12 China 15,304 millions 1999 up 188.0% volatile
13 Spain 14,862 millions 2017 up 7.8% rising
14 Indonesia 14,049 millions 2015 up 59.8% rising
15 Argentina 10,389 millions 2017 up 19.1% volatile
16 Sweden 10,232 millions 2017 up 43.9% rising
17 Switzerland 10,167 millions 2017 up 25.6% rising
18 Netherlands 9,583 millions 2017 — rising
19 Israel 8,442 millions 2017 up 60.4% volatile
20 Belgium 7,681 millions 2017 — rising
21 Poland 7,577 millions 2017 up 27.7% rising
22 Norway 7,409 millions 2017 up 27.5% rising
23 South Africa 7,388 millions 2019 up 31.3% rising
24 Thailand 6,900 millions 2013 up 88.9% volatile
25 Denmark 6,364 millions 2017 up 15.3% rising
26 Iran 5,673 millions 2018 up 48.0% rising
27 Malaysia 5,292 millions 2019 up 54.2% volatile
28 Colombia 4,662 millions 2018 up 39.8% rising
29 Chile 4,185 millions 2017 up 78.2% rising
30 Ireland 4,073 millions 2017 up 5.3% volatile
31 Austria 3,789 millions 2017 up 7.0% rising
32 Finland 3,422 millions 2017 up 18.0% rising
33 Portugal 3,265 millions 2017 up 7.5% rising
34 Cuba 3,072 millions 2010 up 132.9% rising
35 New Zealand 3,065 millions 2017 — rising
36 Turkey 2,930 millions 1995 up 89.7% rising
37 Vietnam 2,928 millions 2013 up 54.5% rising
38 Peru 2,815 millions 2019 up 53.4% rising
39 Philippines 2,780 millions 2009 up 8.8% rising
40 Hong Kong 2,595 millions 2019 up 39.2% volatile
41 Singapore 2,420 millions 2018 up 83.8% volatile
42 Greece 2,400 millions 2017 — volatile
43 Morocco 2,223 millions 2013 up 66.2% volatile
44 Pakistan 2,075 millions 2015 — volatile
45 Dominican Republic 1,811 millions 2019 up 271.5% volatile
46 Algeria 1,782 millions 2003 — rising
47 Czechia 1,753 millions 2017 up 75.7% rising
48 Bangladesh 1,572 millions 2012 up 85.9% volatile
49 Puerto Rico 1,444 millions 2014 — falling
50 Guatemala 1,410 millions 2019 up 36.8% volatile
51 Ecuador 1,341 millions 2018 up 5.9% volatile
52 Ukraine 1,316 millions 2017 up 7.9% falling
53 Costa Rica 1,283 millions 2019 up 19.8% volatile
54 Kenya 1,184 millions 2015 down 20.2% rising
55 Kuwait 1,083 millions 2014 up 51.0% falling
56 Oman 1,055 millions 2019 up 45.0% volatile
57 Hungary 942.38 millions 2017 down 23.9% falling
58 Cote d'Ivoire 848.38 millions 2018 up 45.4% rising
59 Slovakia 842.58 millions 2017 up 71.3% rising
60 Romania 807.53 millions 2017 down 40.4% falling
61 Ethiopia 799.93 millions 2015 up 56.2% volatile
62 Serbia 718.73 millions 2015 down 8.3% falling
63 Uruguay 698.36 millions 2018 up 93.1% rising
64 Tanzania 683.86 millions 2014 up 41.3% rising
65 Luxembourg 672.6 millions 2017 up 15.5% volatile
66 Slovenia 663.64 millions 2017 down 4.7% rising
67 Zambia 649.8 millions 2017 up 407.8% volatile
68 Jordan 630.6 millions 2019 up 12.4% rising
69 Zimbabwe 601.9 millions 2014 — volatile
70 Tunisia 574.27 millions 2008 up 24.3% rising
71 Sri Lanka 572.8 millions 2018 up 77.5% volatile
72 Honduras 570.21 millions 2013 — volatile
73 Iceland 544.3 millions 2017 up 9.1% rising
74 Ghana 503.02 millions 2014 down 34.9% volatile
75 Bulgaria 476.82 millions 2017 up 33.6% rising
76 Paraguay 465.62 millions 2016 up 74.3% volatile
77 Cyprus 425.89 millions 2017 up 12.9% volatile
78 El Salvador 424.33 millions 2018 up 19.5% rising
79 Latvia 407.54 millions 2017 up 16.1% rising
80 Nepal 405.94 millions 2015 up 89.5% rising
81 Estonia 370.75 millions 2017 up 36.5% rising
82 Afghanistan 362.17 millions 2017 up 8.5% rising
83 Lithuania 352.27 millions 2017 up 27.1% rising
84 Senegal 341.92 millions 2018 up 36.6% rising
85 Trinidad and Tobago 341.45 millions 2009 up 86.9% rising
86 Panama 319.27 millions 2011 up 5.8% rising
87 Uganda 285.54 millions 2014 down 25.8% volatile
88 Cameroon 270.83 millions 2013 up 26.2% rising
89 Burkina Faso 267.55 millions 2015 up 28.8% volatile
90 Jamaica 263.46 millions 2019 down 10.3% rising
91 Mali 260.12 millions 2017 up 86.6% volatile
92 Botswana 203.42 millions 2009 — volatile
93 Benin 183.83 millions 2015 up 95.7% rising
94 Nicaragua 172.44 millions 2010 up 77.6% rising
95 Cambodia 167.65 millions 2014 up 107.3% rising
96 Laos 163.98 millions 2014 up 57.8% volatile
97 Guinea 156.7 millions 2018 up 272.8% volatile
98 Mongolia 150.5 millions 2017 up 108.2% rising
99 Congo 149.97 millions 2010 up 146.5% volatile
100 North Macedonia 147.43 millions 1996 — falling
101 Togo 146.63 millions 2016 up 350.1% volatile
102 Mauritius 141.15 millions 2019 up 91.7% rising
103 Niger 138.71 millions 2017 up 2.7% volatile
104 Eswatini 131.9 millions 2014 up 155.3% volatile
105 Moldova 128.01 millions 2018 up 22.3% rising
106 Madagascar 123.93 millions 2012 down 29.8% rising
107 Sierra Leone 122.18 millions 2019 up 243.7% volatile
108 Malta 121.11 millions 2017 up 13.0% volatile
109 Malawi 110.56 millions 2016 up 137.3% volatile
110 Gabon 109.23 millions 2014 — falling
111 Chad 105.46 millions 2018 up 0.6% rising
112 Brunei 101 millions 2016 up 51.0% rising
113 Burundi 86.34 millions 2013 up 214.3% volatile
114 Lesotho 83.52 millions 2018 up 26.7% volatile
115 Rwanda 79.74 millions 2018 down 3.4% rising
116 Maldives 77.68 millions 2019 up 5.1% rising
117 Barbados 69.09 millions 2016 down 2.8% rising
118 Mauritania 67.82 millions 2019 up 14.7% rising
119 Namibia 67.23 millions 2017 down 73.4% falling
120 Fiji 67.18 millions 2013 down 29.2% rising
121 Armenia 60.47 millions 2017 up 20.5% rising
122 Aruba 45.56 millions 2016 up 23.9% rising
123 Haiti 43.34 millions 1991 down 27.8% falling
124 Belize 42.77 millions 2018 up 6.3% rising
125 Liberia 36.79 millions 2018 up 232.4% volatile
126 Cape Verde 34.93 millions 2017 up 11.1% flat
127 Bhutan 34.21 millions 2014 up 215.8% rising
128 Guyana 29.13 millions 2012 down 63.4% falling
129 Saint Lucia 22.56 millions 2018 down 3.2% flat
130 Andorra 21.08 millions 2019 down 17.6% rising
131 Seychelles 19.74 millions 2016 up 33.5% rising
132 Vanuatu 17.81 millions 2017 down 14.1% rising
133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17 millions 2018 down 24.0% rising
134 Gambia 16.91 millions 2015 up 256.1% rising
135 Central African Republic 15.5 millions 2010 — falling
136 South Sudan 14.63 millions 2017 — falling
137 Comoros 13.96 millions 2015 up 94.6% rising
138 Monaco 11.59 millions 2016 up 41.0% rising
139 Samoa 11.41 millions 2016 up 13.3% rising
140 Dominica 9.93 millions 2019 up 10.5% falling
141 Tonga 6.03 millions 2004 up 31.7% falling
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.59 millions 2015 — volatile
143 Kiribati 5.49 millions 2001 — rising

About this data

Indicator
Government expenditure on primary education, constant US$ (millions)
Unit
millions
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
143 places, 2,788 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on primary education (current, capital, and transfers) in millions US$ 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 US$, and where it is expressed in constant value, uses a GDP deflator to account for inflation. The constant prices base year is normally three years before the year of the data release. For example, in the July 2017 data release, constant US$ 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/