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Education expenditures
This entry provides the public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.
| Country | Education expenditures |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
4.1% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Albania |
4% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Algeria |
NA
|
| American Samoa |
NA
|
| Andorra |
3.2% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Angola |
3.4% of GDP
(2010)
|
| Anguilla |
NA
|
| Antarctica |
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
2.5% of GDP
(2009)
|
| Arctic Ocean |
|
| Argentina |
5.5% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Armenia |
2.7% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Aruba |
6.2% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Australia |
5.3% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Austria |
5.5% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Azerbaijan |
2.5% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Bahamas, The |
NA
|
| Bahrain |
2.3% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Bangladesh |
2% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Barbados |
4.7% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Belarus |
4.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Belgium |
6.5% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Belize |
7.4% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Benin |
4% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Bermuda |
1.5% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Bhutan |
6.6% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Bolivia |
7.3% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
NA
|
| Botswana |
9.6% of GDP
(2009)
|
| Brazil |
6.2% of GDP
(2015)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
3.2% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Brunei |
4.4% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Bulgaria |
4.1% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Burkina Faso |
4.2% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Burma |
2.2% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Burundi |
4.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Cabo Verde |
5.2% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Cambodia |
1.9% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Cameroon |
3.1% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Canada |
5.3% of GDP
(2011)
|
| Cayman Islands |
NA
|
| Central African Republic |
1.2% of GDP
(2011)
|
| Chad |
2.9% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Chile |
5.4% of GDP
(2017)
|
| China |
NA
|
| Colombia |
4.5% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Comoros |
2.5% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
1.5% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
4.6% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Cook Islands |
4.7% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Costa Rica |
7.4% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
5.1% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Croatia |
4.6% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Cuba |
12.8% of GDP
(2010)
|
| Curacao |
4.9% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Cyprus |
6.4% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Czechia |
5.6% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Denmark |
7.6% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Djibouti |
4.5% of GDP
(2010)
|
| Dominica |
3.4% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Dominican Republic |
NA
|
| Ecuador |
5% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Egypt |
NA
|
| El Salvador |
3.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
NA
|
| Eritrea |
NA
|
| Estonia |
5.2% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Eswatini |
7.1% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Ethiopia |
4.7% of GDP
(2015)
|
| European Union |
4.6% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Fiji |
3.9% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Finland |
6.9% of GDP
(2016)
|
| France |
5.4% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Gabon |
2.7% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Gambia, The |
2.1% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Gaza Strip |
5.3% of GDP
(2017)
note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Georgia |
3.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Germany |
4.8% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Ghana |
3.6% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Gibraltar |
NA
|
| Greece |
NA
|
| Greenland |
NA
|
| Grenada |
3.2% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Guam |
NA
|
| Guatemala |
2.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Guernsey |
NA
|
| Guinea |
2.2% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
2.1% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Guyana |
6.3% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Haiti |
2.4% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
NA
|
| Honduras |
6% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Hong Kong |
3.3% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Hungary |
4.7% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Iceland |
7.5% of GDP
(2016)
|
| India |
3.8% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Indonesia |
3.6% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Iran |
4% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Iraq |
NA
|
| Ireland |
3.7% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Isle of Man |
NA
|
| Israel |
5.8% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Italy |
3.8% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Jamaica |
5.4% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Japan |
3.5% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Jersey |
NA
|
| Jordan |
3.6% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Kazakhstan |
2.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Kenya |
5.2% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Kiribati |
NA
|
| Korea, North |
NA
|
| Korea, South |
5.3% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Kosovo |
NA
|
| Kuwait |
NA
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
7.2% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Laos |
2.9% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Latvia |
5.3% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Lebanon |
2.5% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Lesotho |
6.4% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Liberia |
3.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Libya |
NA
|
| Liechtenstein |
2.6% of GDP
(2011)
|
| Lithuania |
4.2% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Luxembourg |
3.9% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Macau |
2.7% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Madagascar |
2.8% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Malawi |
4% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Malaysia |
4.7% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Maldives |
4.1% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Mali |
3.1% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Malta |
5.3% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Marshall Islands |
NA
|
| Mauritania |
2.6% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Mauritius |
4.8% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Mexico |
4.9% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
12.5% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Midway Islands |
NA
|
| Moldova |
6.7% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Monaco |
1.5% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Mongolia |
4.1% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Montenegro |
NA
|
| Montserrat |
5.1% of GDP
(2009)
|
| Morocco |
5.3% of GDP
(2009)
|
| Mozambique |
6.5% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Namibia |
3.1% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Nauru |
NA
|
| Navassa Island |
NA
|
| Nepal |
5.2% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Netherlands |
5.5% of GDP
(2016)
|
| New Caledonia |
NA
|
| New Zealand |
6.4% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Nicaragua |
4.3% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Niger |
3.5% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Nigeria |
NA
|
| Niue |
NA
|
| Norfolk Island |
NA
|
| North Macedonia |
NA
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
NA
|
| Norway |
8% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Oman |
6.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Pakistan |
2.9% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Palau |
NA
|
| Panama |
3.2% of GDP
(2011)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
NA
|
| Paraguay |
3.4% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Peru |
3.9% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Philippines |
2.7% of GDP
(2009)
|
| Poland |
4.6% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Portugal |
4.9% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Puerto Rico |
6.1% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Qatar |
2.9% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Romania |
3.1% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Russia |
3.7% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Rwanda |
3.1% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Saint Barthelemy |
NA
|
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
NA
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2.6% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Saint Lucia |
3.8% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Saint Martin |
NA
|
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
NA
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
5.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Samoa |
4.1% of GDP
(2016)
|
| San Marino |
3% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
4.9% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
NA
|
| Senegal |
4.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Serbia |
4% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Seychelles |
4.4% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Sierra Leone |
4.6% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Singapore |
2.9% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Sint Maarten |
NA
|
| Slovakia |
3.9% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Slovenia |
4.8% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Solomon Islands |
9.9% of GDP
(2010)
|
| Somalia |
NA
|
| South Africa |
6.2% of GDP
(2018)
|
| South Sudan |
1% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Spain |
4.2% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Sri Lanka |
2.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Sudan |
2.2% of GDP
(2009)
|
| Suriname |
NA
|
| Svalbard |
NA
|
| Sweden |
7.7% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Switzerland |
5.1% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Syria |
5.1% of GDP
(2009)
|
| Taiwan |
NA
|
| Tajikistan |
5.2% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Tanzania |
3.4% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Thailand |
4.1% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Timor-Leste |
3.8% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Togo |
5% of GDP
(2016)
|
| Tokelau |
NA
|
| Tonga |
NA
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
NA
|
| Tunisia |
6.6% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Turkey |
4.3% of GDP
(2015)
|
| Turkmenistan |
3.1% of GDP
(2012)
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
2.8% of GDP
(2018)
|
| Tuvalu |
NA
|
| Uganda |
2.6% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Ukraine |
5.4% of GDP
(2017)
|
| United Arab Emirates |
NA
|
| United Kingdom |
5.5% of GDP
(2016)
|
| United States |
5% of GDP
(2014)
|
| Uruguay |
4.9% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Uzbekistan |
6.3% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Vanuatu |
4.7% of GDP
(2017)
|
| Venezuela |
6.9% of GDP
(2009)
|
| Vietnam |
5.7% of GDP
(2013)
|
| Virgin Islands |
NA
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
NA
|
| West Bank |
5.3% of GDP
(2017)
note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Western Sahara |
NA
|
| World |
NA
|
| Yemen |
NA
|
| Zambia |
NA
|
| Zimbabwe |
6.1% of GDP
(2014)
|