Primary edu spending vs overall edu spending by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
16.39
Kiribati
Lowest
0
Somalia
Median
4.16
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
5,140
What the numbers show
Primary edu spending vs overall edu spending is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 16.39 in Kiribati; the lowest is 0 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.16, and the mean is 4.3.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 197.5%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 93.6%).
Primary edu spending vs overall edu spending: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 16.39 | 2023 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 12.85 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 3 | Micronesia (country) | 11.56 | 2020 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 9.08 | 2024 | up 147.7% | rising |
| 5 | Algeria | 8.98 | 2024 | up 37.1% | falling |
| 6 | Cuba | 8.44 | 2022 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 8.29 | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 8 | Botswana | 8.06 | 2020 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 7.7 | 2022 | — | flat |
| 10 | Vanuatu | 7.64 | 2024 | up 47.6% | flat |
| 11 | Mauritania | 7.61 | 2024 | up 197.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Bolivia | 7.54 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 7.32 | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 14 | Iceland | 7.31 | 2022 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 15 | Montserrat | 7.19 | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela | 6.87 | 2009 | up 37.3% | flat |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.83 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 18 | Tunisia | 6.73 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 19 | Lesotho | 6.62 | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 20 | Moldova | 6.56 | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 21 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.46 | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 22 | Kuwait | 6.44 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 6.38 | 2022 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 24 | Denmark | 6.36 | 2022 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 25 | Belgium | 6.28 | 2022 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 26 | Senegal | 6.16 | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 27 | Eswatini | 6.03 | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 28 | South Africa | 6.02 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 29 | Morocco | 6.02 | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 30 | Mozambique | 5.98 | 2022 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Israel | 5.93 | 2022 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 5.91 | 2021 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 33 | Bhutan | 5.85 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 34 | Nauru | 5.78 | 2023 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 35 | Brazil | 5.62 | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 36 | Jamaica | 5.51 | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 5.47 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 38 | Samoa | 5.46 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 39 | Curacao | 5.44 | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 5.44 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 41 | Palestine | 5.43 | 2021 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 42 | Norway | 5.43 | 2022 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 43 | United States | 5.42 | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 44 | South Korea | 5.41 | 2022 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 45 | Dominica | 5.39 | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 5.33 | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 47 | France | 5.32 | 2022 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 5.31 | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 49 | Tonga | 5.31 | 2022 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 50 | Slovenia | 5.28 | 2022 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 51 | Austria | 5.28 | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 52 | Colombia | 5.26 | 2020 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 53 | East Timor | 5.24 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 54 | Germany | 5.24 | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 55 | New Zealand | 5.21 | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 56 | Mongolia | 5.21 | 2024 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 57 | Estonia | 5.21 | 2022 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 58 | Netherlands | 5.18 | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 59 | Maldives | 5.17 | 2023 | up 52.5% | falling |
| 60 | Ukraine | 5.14 | 2021 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 61 | Syria | 5.13 | 2009 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 62 | Grenada | 5.13 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 63 | Australia | 5.06 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 64 | Belarus | 5.05 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.03 | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 66 | Argentina | 5 | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 4.91 | 2022 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 4.86 | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 69 | Switzerland | 4.86 | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 70 | Canada | 4.84 | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 71 | Uruguay | 4.76 | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 72 | Cyprus | 4.74 | 2022 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 73 | Malta | 4.71 | 2022 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 74 | Slovakia | 4.66 | 2022 | up 20.8% | flat |
| 75 | Belize | 4.62 | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 76 | Rwanda | 4.61 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 77 | Spain | 4.59 | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 78 | Portugal | 4.55 | 2022 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 79 | Honduras | 4.55 | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 80 | Burundi | 4.5 | 2025 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 4.5 | 2022 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 4.48 | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 83 | Seychelles | 4.45 | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 84 | Guyana | 4.45 | 2018 | up 86.1% | falling |
| 85 | Brunei | 4.43 | 2016 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Cook Islands | 4.42 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 87 | Oman | 4.38 | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 88 | Peru | 4.36 | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 4.35 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 90 | Afghanistan | 4.34 | 2017 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 91 | Latvia | 4.32 | 2022 | down 36.8% | flat |
| 92 | Poland | 4.31 | 2022 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 93 | Czechia | 4.3 | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 4.29 | 2024 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 95 | Puerto Rico | 4.27 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 96 | Lithuania | 4.25 | 2022 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 97 | Mauritius | 4.25 | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 98 | Fiji | 4.25 | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 99 | Mali | 4.18 | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 100 | Russia | 4.16 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 101 | Togo | 4.14 | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 102 | India | 4.1 | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 103 | Croatia | 4.09 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 104 | Niger | 4.07 | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 105 | Zambia | 4.07 | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 106 | Italy | 4.07 | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 107 | Mexico | 4.06 | 2022 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 108 | Kenya | 4.02 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 109 | Georgia | 3.98 | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 110 | Philippines | 3.97 | 2025 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 111 | China | 3.9 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 3.85 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 113 | Hong Kong | 3.81 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 114 | Hungary | 3.8 | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 115 | Egypt | 3.76 | 2008 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 3.76 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 117 | Djibouti | 3.75 | 2018 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 118 | Luxembourg | 3.74 | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 119 | Ecuador | 3.69 | 2024 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 120 | Nepal | 3.69 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 3.66 | 2023 | up 49.9% | falling |
| 122 | Aruba | 3.62 | 2021 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 123 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.61 | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 124 | Barbados | 3.56 | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 125 | Paraguay | 3.53 | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 126 | Malaysia | 3.51 | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 127 | Macao | 3.5 | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 128 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.5 | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 129 | Palau | 3.44 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 130 | Serbia | 3.4 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 131 | Greece | 3.38 | 2022 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 132 | Congo | 3.34 | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 133 | Japan | 3.34 | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 134 | El Salvador | 3.32 | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 135 | North Macedonia | 3.3 | 2002 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 136 | Romania | 3.28 | 2022 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.25 | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 138 | Qatar | 3.23 | 2020 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.23 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 140 | Jordan | 3.23 | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 141 | Benin | 3.23 | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 142 | Chad | 3.2 | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 143 | British Virgin Islands | 3.17 | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 144 | Tanzania | 3.16 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 145 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.11 | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 146 | Turkey | 3.1 | 2022 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 147 | Albania | 3.09 | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 148 | Guatemala | 3.08 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 149 | Madagascar | 3.05 | 2023 | up 71.5% | falling |
| 150 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.95 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 151 | Ghana | 2.91 | 2022 | down 63.3% | rising |
| 152 | Ireland | 2.9 | 2021 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 153 | San Marino | 2.9 | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 154 | Vietnam | 2.89 | 2022 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 155 | Nicaragua | 2.87 | 2023 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 156 | Suriname | 2.87 | 2023 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 157 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.84 | 2022 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 158 | Cameroon | 2.84 | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 159 | Iran | 2.82 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 160 | Gambia | 2.81 | 2023 | up 54.4% | falling |
| 161 | Malawi | 2.75 | 2022 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 162 | Bahamas | 2.74 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 163 | Sierra Leone | 2.62 | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Uganda | 2.56 | 2022 | up 42.5% | falling |
| 165 | Liechtenstein | 2.56 | 2011 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 166 | Thailand | 2.52 | 2023 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 167 | Angola | 2.51 | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 168 | Anguilla | 2.5 | 2022 | down 25.8% | flat |
| 169 | Panama | 2.47 | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 170 | Armenia | 2.44 | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 171 | Comoros | 2.34 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 172 | Gabon | 2.32 | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 2.3 | 2024 | down 50.1% | rising |
| 174 | Liberia | 2.27 | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Singapore | 2.19 | 2024 | down 27.3% | flat |
| 176 | Cambodia | 2.18 | 2023 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 177 | Eritrea | 2.13 | 2006 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 2.03 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 179 | Sudan | 2.02 | 2009 | up 99.8% | rising |
| 180 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.01 | 2013 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 181 | Myanmar | 2 | 2019 | up 154.0% | falling |
| 182 | Pakistan | 1.95 | 2023 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 183 | Andorra | 1.9 | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 184 | Bahrain | 1.89 | 2023 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 185 | Bermuda | 1.87 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 1.83 | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 187 | Sri Lanka | 1.83 | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 188 | Monaco | 1.73 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 189 | Guinea | 1.72 | 2023 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 1.57 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 191 | South Sudan | 1.57 | 2016 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 192 | Indonesia | 1.28 | 2023 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 193 | Laos | 1.23 | 2023 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 194 | Lebanon | 1.22 | 2024 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 195 | Haiti | 0.9646 | 2023 | down 44.9% | rising |
| 196 | Papua New Guinea | 0.7821 | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Zimbabwe | 0.3848 | 2023 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Nigeria | 0.3191 | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Somalia | 0 | 2023 | up 103.1% | volatile |