Expenditure on Primary Education
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- Uganda Expenditure on Primary Education increased 3.4points in 2014, compared to the previous year.
- Since 2014 Guinea Expenditure on Primary Education was up 7.9points year on year at 56.84 Percent of Government Expenditure on Education.
- In 2016 Mauritania was ranked number 8 in Expenditure on Primary Education.
- In 2017 Albania was ranked number 5 in Expenditure on Primary Education reaching 57.61 Percent of Government Expenditure on Education, jumping from 97 in 2016.
Top Countries in Expenditure on Primary Education
# | 115 Countries | Percent of Government Expenditure on Education | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
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1 |
#1
Togo
|
67.96 % | 2019 | +1.8 % | +2.9 % | View data |
2 |
#2
East Timor
|
64.89 % | 2014 | +0.2 % | -3.7 % | View data |
3 |
#3
Burkina Faso
|
59.28 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -1.9 % | View data |
4 |
#4
Uganda
|
59.16 % | 2014 | +3.4 % | NA | View data |
5 |
#5
Albania
|
57.61 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
6 |
#6
Guinea
|
56.84 % | 2019 | -7.8 % | +7.9 % | View data |
7 |
#7
Lesotho
|
55.96 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
8 |
#8
Mauritania
|
55.90 % | 2016 | NA | +4.4 % | View data |
9 |
#9
Sao Tome and Principe
|
55.82 % | 2014 | +4.7 % | NA | View data |
10 |
#10
Guatemala
|
55.26 % | 2019 | -0.6 % | +2.4 % | View data |
11 |
#11
Comoros
|
54.64 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.6 % | View data |
12 |
#12
Gambia
|
53.78 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | -0.5 % | View data |
13 |
#13
Nepal
|
51.42 % | 2019 | -1.0 % | -0.8 % | View data |
14 |
#14
Swaziland
|
50.79 % | 2014 | NA | +4.0 % | View data |
15 |
#15
Tanzania
|
49.15 % | 2014 | NA | +3.2 % | View data |
16 |
#16
Benin
|
48.47 % | 2019 | -0.6 % | -0.2 % | View data |
17 |
#17
Cambodia
|
48.45 % | 2014 | -2.5 % | -1.0 % | View data |
18 |
#18
Zimbabwe
|
47.77 % | 2014 | +2.6 % | NA | View data |
19 |
#19
Malawi
|
46.59 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | -1.2 % | View data |
20 |
#20
El Salvador
|
45.93 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | +1.6 % | View data |
21 |
#21
Niger
|
45.85 % | 2019 | -2.4 % | -2.6 % | View data |
22 |
#22
Dominica
|
45.83 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
23 |
#23
Ivory Coast
|
45.57 % | 2019 | -3.6 % | +3.1 % | View data |
24 |
#24
Serbia
|
45.34 % | 2015 | NA | -0.2 % | View data |
25 |
#25
Vanuatu
|
44.64 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
26 |
#26
Mali
|
44.54 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +0.6 % | View data |
27 |
#27
South Sudan
|
43.29 % | 2019 | -2.9 % | -5.5 % | View data |
28 |
#28
Jordan
|
42.24 % | 2018 | -2.3 % | NA | View data |
29 |
#29
Afghanistan
|
41.78 % | 2019 | -3.4 % | -6.7 % | View data |
30 |
#30
Bolivia
|
41.61 % | 2014 | +18.1 % | +0.5 % | View data |
31 |
#31
Indonesia
|
41.34 % | 2019 | -0.8 % | -1.1 % | View data |
32 |
#32
Laos
|
40.64 % | 2014 | -1.7 % | +0.8 % | View data |
33 |
#33
Israel
|
38.97 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.6 % | View data |
34 |
#34
South Africa
|
38.75 % | 2018 | -0.3 % | NA | View data |
35 |
#35
Ireland
|
37.99 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.8 % | View data |
36 |
#36
Cape Verde
|
37.36 % | 2019 | -1.2 % | -2.7 % | View data |
37 |
#37
Samoa
|
37.05 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
38 |
#38
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
36.90 % | 2018 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
39 |
#39
Paraguay
|
36.44 % | 2016 | NA | +3.8 % | View data |
40 |
#40
Myanmar
|
36.33 % | 2019 | -7.6 % | NA | View data |
41 |
#41
Kenya
|
35.55 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.3 % | View data |
42 |
#42
Japan
|
35.12 % | 2016 | NA | +1.7 % | View data |
43 |
#43
Jamaica
|
35.10 % | 2019 | +2.7 % | -0.7 % | View data |
44 |
#44
San Marino
|
34.44 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
45 |
#45
Maldives
|
34.37 % | 2019 | -2.5 % | -2.9 % | View data |
46 |
#46
Malaysia
|
34.33 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +1.3 % | View data |
47 |
#47
Peru
|
33.45 % | 2019 | -1.3 % | -2.8 % | View data |
48 |
#48
Latvia
|
33.41 % | 2019 | +1.8 % | +2.1 % | View data |
49 |
#49
Cyprus
|
33.34 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +1.1 % | View data |
50 |
#50
Seychelles
|
33.28 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | -2.3 % | View data |
51 |
#51
Bahrain
|
32.99 % | 2015 | +1.5 % | NA | View data |
52 |
#52
United Kingdom
|
32.97 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +2.7 % | View data |
53 |
#53
Colombia
|
32.78 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | -1.6 % | View data |
54 |
#54
Saint Lucia
|
32.70 % | 2019 | -6.8 % | -1.6 % | View data |
55 |
#55
Iran
|
32.69 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | +4.0 % | View data |
56 |
#56
Bermuda
|
32.16 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
57 |
#57
Australia
|
32.08 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | -0.3 % | View data |
58 |
#58
Bhutan
|
31.97 % | 2014 | +46.5 % | +1.4 % | View data |
59 |
#59
Mongolia
|
31.94 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +5.6 % | View data |
60 |
#60
Luxembourg
|
31.60 % | 2015 | +2.5 % | NA | View data |
61 |
#61
Poland
|
31.39 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
62 |
#62
Sri Lanka
|
31.39 % | 2019 | +5.1 % | +1.8 % | View data |
63 |
#63
Grenada
|
31.32 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
64 |
#64
Mexico
|
31.30 % | 2019 | -1.2 % | -0.9 % | View data |
65 |
#65
Pakistan
|
31.05 % | 2015 | -11.6 % | NA | View data |
66 |
#66
United States
|
30.96 % | 2014 | -0.5 % | NA | View data |
67 |
#67
Senegal
|
30.57 % | 2019 | -3.5 % | -2.6 % | View data |
68 |
#68
Belize
|
30.41 % | 2019 | -2.2 % | -4.3 % | View data |
69 |
#69
British Virgin Islands
|
29.86 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
70 |
#70
Barbados
|
29.61 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
71 |
#71
Portugal
|
29.28 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.4 % | View data |
72 |
#72
Gabon
|
29.24 % | 2014 | +15.8 % | NA | View data |
73 |
#73
Argentina
|
28.91 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | -0.8 % | View data |
74 |
#74
Slovenia
|
28.70 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
75 |
#75
Switzerland
|
28.59 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.7 % | View data |
76 |
#76
Rwanda
|
28.58 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
77 |
#77
Costa Rica
|
27.93 % | 2019 | -2.6 % | -5.1 % | View data |
78 |
#78
Aruba
|
27.24 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.8 % | View data |
79 |
#79
Denmark
|
27.21 % | 2014 | +9.4 % | +2.2 % | View data |
80 |
#80
Spain
|
27.15 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.6 % | View data |
81 |
#81
Sierra Leone
|
26.81 % | 2019 | -13.6 % | -9.1 % | View data |
82 |
#82
Iceland
|
26.70 % | 2019 | -1.6 % | -1.6 % | View data |
83 |
#83
Ethiopia
|
26.47 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | -2.8 % | View data |
84 |
#84
Chile
|
26.16 % | 2019 | -2.3 % | +1.1 % | View data |
85 |
#85
New Zealand
|
26.13 % | 2016 | +12.4 % | NA | View data |
86 |
#86
Estonia
|
24.47 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.1 % | View data |
87 |
#87
Brazil
|
24.10 % | 2019 | -1.8 % | -2.1 % | View data |
88 |
#88
Italy
|
24.09 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.3 % | View data |
89 |
#89
Malta
|
24.08 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +2.8 % | View data |
90 |
#90
Belgium
|
23.81 % | 2016 | +1.2 % | NA | View data |
91 |
#91
Moldova
|
23.65 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | +0.8 % | View data |
92 |
#92
Uruguay
|
23.12 % | 2017 | -1.8 % | NA | View data |
93 |
#93
Sweden
|
23.03 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | +0.2 % | View data |
94 |
#94
Norway
|
22.37 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | +0.7 % | View data |
95 |
#95
Mauritius
|
22.20 % | 2019 | -2.7 % | -0.4 % | View data |
96 |
#96
Puerto Rico
|
22.00 % | 2014 | +1.7 % | NA | View data |
97 |
#97
Ukraine
|
21.96 % | 2019 | +2.0 % | +4.0 % | View data |
98 |
#98
Slovakia
|
21.87 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +2.8 % | View data |
99 |
#99
Ghana
|
21.70 % | 2014 | -11.0 % | -8.1 % | View data |
100 |
#100
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
21.38 % | 2015 | NA | NA | View data |
101 |
#101
Netherlands
|
21.22 % | 2016 | -5.0 % | NA | View data |
102 |
#102
Andorra
|
20.95 % | 2019 | -2.2 % | -1.2 % | View data |
103 |
#103
France
|
20.84 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
104 |
#104
Ecuador
|
20.38 % | 2019 | -4.3 % | -4.5 % | View data |
105 |
#105
Finland
|
20.37 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +1.3 % | View data |
106 |
#106
Armenia
|
19.82 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | NA | View data |
107 |
#107
Brunei
|
19.52 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
108 |
#108
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
19.41 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
109 |
#109
Lithuania
|
19.02 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +4.6 % | View data |
110 |
#110
Austria
|
16.19 % | 2019 | -0.6 % | -0.1 % | View data |
111 |
#111
Hungary
|
15.03 % | 2019 | -1.9 % | +3.7 % | View data |
112 |
#112
Monaco
|
12.96 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | -4.1 % | View data |
113 |
#113
Germany
|
12.64 % | 2019 | -0.6 % | -0.2 % | View data |
114 |
#114
Czech Republic
|
12.42 % | 2019 | -3.0 % | -7.8 % | View data |
115 |
#115
Romania
|
11.47 % | 2019 | -3.3 % | -3.5 % | View data |
Source: World Bank