Education Statistics > Education spending (% of GDP) (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	Cuba:	18.7%
# 2	Vanuatu:	11%
# 3	Lesotho:	10.4%
# 4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	10%
# 5	Yemen:	9.5%
# 6	Brunei:	9.1%
# 7	Mongolia:	9%
# 8	Denmark:	8.5%
# 9	Guyana:	8.4%
# 10	Malaysia:	8.1%
# 11	Cape Verde:	7.9%
= 12	Saint Lucia:	7.7%
= 12	Sweden:	7.7%
= 14	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	7.6%
= 14	Barbados:	7.6%
= 14	Norway:	7.6%
# 17	Israel:	7.5%
# 18	Namibia:	7.2%
# 19	Swaziland:	7.1%
# 20	Kenya:	7%
# 21	New Zealand:	6.7%
# 22	Morocco:	6.5%
= 23	Finland:	6.4%
= 23	Tunisia:	6.4%
= 25	Belgium:	6.3%
= 25	Bolivia:	6.3%
= 25	Cyprus:	6.3%
= 28	Slovenia:	6.1%
= 28	Jamaica:	6.1%
= 30	Malawi:	6%
= 30	Belarus:	6%
= 30	Iceland:	6%
# 33	Lithuania:	5.9%
= 34	Switzerland:	5.8%
= 34	Portugal:	5.8%
= 34	Latvia:	5.8%
= 37	Estonia:	5.7%
= 37	United States:	5.7%
= 37	Austria:	5.7%
= 40	Poland:	5.6%
= 40	France:	5.6%
= 40	Fiji:	5.6%
= 43	Ireland:	5.5%
= 43	Hungary:	5.5%
# 45	Ukraine:	5.4%
= 46	South Africa:	5.3%
= 46	United Kingdom:	5.3%
= 46	Mexico:	5.3%
= 49	Thailand:	5.2%
= 49	Bhutan:	5.2%
= 49	Canada:	5.2%
= 49	Belize:	5.2%
= 49	Seychelles:	5.2%
= 49	Colombia:	5.2%
= 55	Costa Rica:	5.1%
= 55	Grenada:	5.1%
= 55	Netherlands:	5.1%
= 58	Australia:	4.9%
= 58	Iran:	4.9%
= 58	Moldova:	4.9%
= 58	Tonga:	4.9%
# 62	Samoa:	4.8%
= 63	Italy:	4.7%
= 63	Mauritius:	4.7%
= 63	Zimbabwe:	4.7%
= 66	Oman:	4.6%
= 66	Germany:	4.6%
= 66	Côte d'Ivoire:	4.6%
= 66	Ethiopia:	4.6%
= 70	Panama:	4.5%
= 70	Spain:	4.5%
= 70	Croatia:	4.5%
= 73	Paraguay:	4.4%
= 73	Czech Republic:	4.4%
= 73	Slovakia:	4.4%
= 73	Hong Kong:	4.4%
# 77	Trinidad and Tobago:	4.3%
= 78	Korea, South:	4.2%
= 78	Chile:	4.2%
= 78	Brazil:	4.2%
= 81	India:	4.1%
= 81	Eritrea:	4.1%
= 83	Greece:	4%
= 83	Argentina:	4%
= 85	Burundi:	3.9%
= 85	Gabon:	3.9%
= 85	Comoros:	3.9%
= 88	Russia:	3.8%
= 88	Antigua and Barbuda:	3.8%
= 88	Cameroon:	3.8%
= 91	Sierra Leone:	3.7%
= 91	Turkey:	3.7%
= 93	Japan:	3.6%
= 93	Senegal:	3.6%
= 95	Romania:	3.5%
= 95	Macedonia, Republic of:	3.5%
= 95	Bulgaria:	3.5%
= 98	Solomon Islands:	3.4%
= 98	Nepal:	3.4%
# 100	Benin:	3.3%
= 101	Congo, Republic of the:	3.2%
= 101	Armenia:	3.2%
= 101	Azerbaijan:	3.2%
= 104	Kyrgyzstan:	3.1%
= 104	Nicaragua:	3.1%
= 104	Philippines:	3.1%
= 107	Kazakhstan:	3%
= 107	Peru:	3%
= 109	El Salvador:	2.9%
= 109	Madagascar:	2.9%
= 111	Laos:	2.8%
= 111	Tajikistan:	2.8%
= 111	Gambia, The:	2.8%
= 111	Angola:	2.8%
= 111	Rwanda:	2.8%
# 116	Lebanon:	2.7%
= 117	Togo:	2.6%
= 117	Uruguay:	2.6%
# 119	Bangladesh:	2.4%
= 120	Papua New Guinea:	2.3%
= 120	Dominican Republic:	2.3%
= 120	Niger:	2.3%
= 123	Botswana:	2.2%
= 123	Georgia:	2.2%
# 125	Zambia:	2%
= 126	Cambodia:	1.8%
= 126	Guinea:	1.8%
= 126	Pakistan:	1.8%
# 129	United Arab Emirates:	1.6%
# 130	Indonesia:	1.2%
# 131	Ecuador:	1%
# 132	Equatorial Guinea:	0.6%
	Weighted average:	4.9%

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