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

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on primary education (current, capital, and transfers) in millions US$ (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,...

Countries reporting
146
Highest
293,636 millions
United States
Lowest
2.6 millions
Kiribati
Median
527.22 millions
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
2,967

What the numbers show

Government expenditure on primary education, US$ (millions) is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 293,636 millions in United States; the lowest is 2.6 millions in Kiribati.

The median across all reporting countries is 527.22 millions, and the mean is 5,464 millions.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 957.2%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 74.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 293,636 millions 2017 — rising
2 Japan 54,954 millions 2017 up 2.7% volatile
3 United Kingdom 46,648 millions 2017 up 14.1% volatile
4 Brazil 32,540 millions 2017 up 45.4% volatile
5 France 30,026 millions 2017 — volatile
6 Germany 23,253 millions 2017 up 11.0% rising
7 Australia 22,665 millions 2017 up 62.2% rising
8 South Korea 20,605 millions 2016 — volatile
9 India 19,956 millions 2013 up 197.3% rising
10 Italy 19,293 millions 2017 down 15.2% volatile
12 Spain 14,862 millions 2017 down 6.6% volatile
13 Indonesia 13,142 millions 2015 up 106.4% rising
14 Argentina 10,389 millions 2017 up 128.2% volatile
15 Sweden 10,232 millions 2017 up 34.7% rising
16 Switzerland 10,167 millions 2017 up 53.8% volatile
17 Netherlands 9,583 millions 2017 — volatile
18 South Africa 8,983 millions 2019 up 45.2% rising
19 Israel 8,442 millions 2017 up 126.2% volatile
20 Belgium 7,681 millions 2017 — volatile
21 Poland 7,577 millions 2017 up 12.3% rising
22 Norway 7,409 millions 2017 up 13.1% volatile
23 Venezuela 7,152 millions 2009 up 957.2% volatile
24 Thailand 7,126 millions 2013 up 230.2% volatile
25 China 6,733 millions 1999 up 274.9% volatile
26 Denmark 6,364 millions 2017 up 9.9% rising
27 Iran 5,826 millions 2018 up 52.7% volatile
28 Malaysia 5,537 millions 2019 up 65.6% volatile
29 Colombia 4,864 millions 2018 up 36.7% volatile
30 Chile 4,185 millions 2017 up 111.6% volatile
31 Ireland 4,073 millions 2017 down 8.7% volatile
32 Austria 3,789 millions 2017 up 5.0% volatile
33 Finland 3,422 millions 2017 up 15.7% volatile
34 Portugal 3,265 millions 2017 down 1.0% volatile
35 New Zealand 3,065 millions 2017 — volatile
36 Vietnam 2,873 millions 2013 up 101.9% rising
37 Peru 2,850 millions 2019 up 86.0% volatile
40 Philippines 2,457 millions 2009 up 53.5% rising
41 Morocco 2,448 millions 2013 up 117.7% volatile
42 Greece 2,400 millions 2017 — volatile
43 Cuba 2,398 millions 2010 up 195.1% volatile
44 Pakistan 2,011 millions 2015 — volatile
45 Kuwait 1,794 millions 2014 up 259.7% volatile
46 Dominican Republic 1,790 millions 2019 up 295.9% volatile
47 Czechia 1,753 millions 2017 up 72.6% rising
48 Turkey 1,642 millions 1995 up 210.7% volatile
49 Guatemala 1,409 millions 2019 up 89.1% volatile
50 Puerto Rico 1,369 millions 2014 — volatile
51 Ecuador 1,366 millions 2018 up 38.4% volatile
52 Ukraine 1,316 millions 2017 down 16.2% falling
53 Costa Rica 1,293 millions 2019 up 69.6% volatile
54 Bangladesh 1,248 millions 2012 up 154.1% volatile
55 Kenya 1,177 millions 2015 up 87.0% volatile
56 Oman 1,125 millions 2019 up 68.4% volatile
57 Algeria 1,113 millions 2003 — rising
58 Hungary 942.38 millions 2017 down 31.3% volatile
59 Cote d'Ivoire 888.91 millions 2018 up 96.1% volatile
60 Syria 842.73 millions 2007 up 266.6% volatile
61 Slovakia 842.58 millions 2017 up 49.9% rising
62 Romania 807.53 millions 2017 down 44.0% rising
63 Tunisia 778.2 millions 2008 up 62.9% rising
64 Tanzania 759.98 millions 2014 up 126.9% volatile
65 Ethiopia 723.34 millions 2015 up 78.0% volatile
66 Qatar 693.96 millions 2009 — volatile
67 Uruguay 688 millions 2018 up 266.0% volatile
68 Serbia 680.79 millions 2015 down 22.1% falling
69 Luxembourg 672.6 millions 2017 up 7.9% volatile
70 Slovenia 663.64 millions 2017 down 12.9% volatile
71 Jordan 651.68 millions 2019 up 60.7% rising
72 Zambia 649.8 millions 2017 up 652.0% volatile
73 Zimbabwe 571.65 millions 2014 — volatile
74 Sri Lanka 560.79 millions 2018 up 129.1% volatile
75 Iceland 544.3 millions 2017 up 5.6% rising
76 Honduras 531.47 millions 2013 — volatile
77 Ghana 522.98 millions 2014 up 96.8% volatile
78 Bulgaria 476.82 millions 2017 up 46.7% rising
79 Paraguay 451.69 millions 2016 up 135.5% volatile
80 El Salvador 433.14 millions 2018 up 42.2% rising
81 Cyprus 425.89 millions 2017 up 0.5% volatile
82 Latvia 407.54 millions 2017 up 14.1% volatile
83 Nepal 398.34 millions 2015 up 274.3% volatile
84 Estonia 370.75 millions 2017 up 53.2% rising
85 Afghanistan 362.17 millions 2017 up 5.6% volatile
86 Senegal 355.69 millions 2018 up 17.2% rising
87 Lithuania 352.27 millions 2017 up 33.7% rising
88 Uganda 327.52 millions 2014 up 70.5% volatile
89 Cameroon 303.44 millions 2013 up 67.0% rising
90 Trinidad and Tobago 286.9 millions 2009 up 154.1% rising
91 Jamaica 285.65 millions 2019 up 1.4% volatile
92 Bahrain 273.94 millions 2015 — volatile
93 Mali 260.12 millions 2017 up 99.9% volatile
95 Burkina Faso 251.29 millions 2015 up 45.8% volatile
96 Congo 231.78 millions 2010 up 576.5% volatile
97 Botswana 187.91 millions 2009 — volatile
98 Benin 179.98 millions 2015 up 124.5% rising
99 Guinea 174.28 millions 2018 up 287.9% volatile
100 Eswatini 165.1 millions 2014 up 269.4% volatile
101 Laos 158.43 millions 2014 up 283.6% volatile
102 Nicaragua 156.36 millions 2010 up 125.2% volatile
103 Cambodia 154.53 millions 2014 up 226.5% volatile
104 Mauritius 151.92 millions 2019 up 88.6% volatile
105 Mongolia 150.5 millions 2017 up 183.6% rising
106 Moldova 145.42 millions 2018 up 68.0% rising
107 Togo 142.45 millions 2016 up 424.9% volatile
108 Gabon 141.92 millions 2014 — rising
109 Niger 138.71 millions 2017 up 14.7% volatile
110 Malawi 132.92 millions 2016 up 115.3% volatile
111 Madagascar 128.34 millions 2012 up 15.5% volatile
112 Malta 121.11 millions 2017 up 18.0% volatile
113 Sierra Leone 117.98 millions 2019 up 254.0% volatile
114 Chad 115.77 millions 2018 down 8.6% volatile
115 Brunei 111.71 millions 2016 up 78.2% volatile
116 North Macedonia 109.11 millions 1996 — rising
117 Lesotho 94.02 millions 2018 up 25.9% volatile
118 Maldives 83.56 millions 2019 up 42.2% rising
119 Rwanda 81.24 millions 2018 down 1.8% rising
120 Mauritania 70.45 millions 2019 up 16.9% rising
121 Barbados 69.12 millions 2016 up 26.9% volatile
122 South Sudan 67.35 millions 2016 down 25.0% flat
123 Namibia 67.23 millions 2017 down 74.8% falling
124 Burundi 66.77 millions 2013 up 528.0% volatile
125 Fiji 62.81 millions 2013 down 4.4% rising
126 Armenia 60.47 millions 2017 up 10.0% rising
127 Liechtenstein 56.66 millions 2011 up 156.3% rising
128 Aruba 45.1 millions 2016 up 54.6% rising
130 Belize 43.44 millions 2018 up 25.0% rising
131 Liberia 35.99 millions 2018 up 477.2% volatile
132 Cape Verde 34.93 millions 2017 up 4.0% rising
133 Bhutan 33.94 millions 2014 up 339.1% volatile
134 Bermuda 29.56 millions 2015 down 25.1% volatile
135 Guyana 27.83 millions 2012 up 6.3% rising
136 Saint Lucia 23.36 millions 2018 up 23.8% volatile
137 Haiti 21.98 millions 1991 up 74.7% rising
138 Andorra 21.42 millions 2019 down 29.7% rising
139 Seychelles 19.28 millions 2016 up 54.9% volatile
140 Vanuatu 17.81 millions 2017 up 1.9% rising
141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.04 millions 2018 down 15.4% rising
142 Gambia 16.34 millions 2015 up 274.0% volatile
143 Comoros 13.43 millions 2015 up 210.1% volatile
144 Central African Republic 12.75 millions 2010 — falling
145 Samoa 12.16 millions 2016 up 153.1% volatile
146 Monaco 10.75 millions 2019 down 3.3% rising
147 Dominica 9.96 millions 2019 up 37.5% rising
148 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.44 millions 2018 up 23.4% rising
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.22 millions 2015 — volatile
150 Tonga 3.52 millions 2004 up 4.2% rising
151 Kiribati 2.6 millions 2001 — volatile

About this data

Indicator
Government expenditure on primary education, US$ (millions)
Unit
millions
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
151 places, 2,967 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Total general (local, regional and central) government expenditure on primary education (current, capital, and transfers) in millions US$ (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 US$. 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/