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As of 2022, Namibia leads the world in Education Expenditure (% of GDP) with 9.4%, followed by Cuba (8.4%) and Bolivia (7.6%). The global ranking includes 95 countries with available data.

Source: World BankLatest: 2022World avg: 4.3%Watch Race →

Countries Ranked by Education Expenditure (% of GDP)

Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

Top 10 Countries

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#1
Namibia flagNamibia
9.4%2022
#1Namibia flag
Namibia
2022
9.4%
#2
Cuba flagCuba
8.4%2022
#2Cuba flag
Cuba
2022
8.4%
#3
Bolivia flagBolivia
7.6%2022
#3Bolivia flag
Bolivia
2022
7.6%
#4
Sweden flagSweden
7.3%2022
#4Sweden flag
Sweden
2022
7.3%
#5
Iceland flagIceland
7.3%2022
#5Iceland flag
Iceland
2022
7.3%
#6
Tunisia flagTunisia
6.8%2022
#6Tunisia flag
Tunisia
2022
6.8%
#7
Kuwait flagKuwait
6.6%2022
#7Kuwait flag
Kuwait
2022
6.6%
#8
Finland flagFinland
6.4%2022
#8Finland flag
Finland
2022
6.4%
#9
Denmark flagDenmark
6.4%2022
#9Denmark flag
Denmark
2022
6.4%
#10
Belgium flagBelgium
6.3%2022
#10Belgium flag
Belgium
2022
6.3%
#11
South Africa flagSouth Africa
6.2%2022
#11South Africa flag
South Africa
2022
6.2%
#12
Senegal flagSenegal
6.0%2022
#12Senegal flag
Senegal
2022
6.0%
#13
Israel flagIsrael
5.9%2022
#13Israel flag
Israel
2022
5.9%
#14
Morocco flagMorocco
5.9%2022
#14Morocco flag
Morocco
2022
5.9%
#15
South Korea flagSouth Korea
5.8%2022
#15South Korea flag
South Korea
2022
5.8%
#16
Brazil flagBrazil
5.6%2022
#16Brazil flag
Brazil
2022
5.6%
#17
Norway flagNorway
5.5%2022
#17Norway flag
Norway
2022
5.5%
#18
Jamaica flagJamaica
5.4%2022
#18Jamaica flag
Jamaica
2022
5.4%
#19
France flagFrance
5.3%2022
#19France flag
France
2022
5.3%
#20
Slovenia flagSlovenia
5.3%2022
#20Slovenia flag
Slovenia
2022
5.3%
#21
Austria flagAustria
5.3%2022
#21Austria flag
Austria
2022
5.3%
#22
Germany flagGermany
5.2%2022
#22Germany flag
Germany
2022
5.2%
#23
Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan
5.2%2022
#23Uzbekistan flag
Uzbekistan
2022
5.2%
#24
New Zealand flagNew Zealand
5.2%2022
#24New Zealand flag
New Zealand
2022
5.2%
#25
Estonia flagEstonia
5.2%2022
#25Estonia flag
Estonia
2022
5.2%
#26
Netherlands flagNetherlands
5.2%2022
#26Netherlands flag
Netherlands
2022
5.2%
#27
Australia flagAustralia
5.1%2022
#27Australia flag
Australia
2022
5.1%
#28
Switzerland flagSwitzerland
4.9%2022
#28Switzerland flag
Switzerland
2022
4.9%
#29
Chile flagChile
4.9%2022
#29Chile flag
Chile
2022
4.9%
#30
Canada flagCanada
4.9%2022
#30Canada flag
Canada
2022
4.9%
#31
Mauritius flagMauritius
4.8%2022
#31Mauritius flag
Mauritius
2022
4.8%
#32
Argentina flagArgentina
4.8%2022
#32Argentina flag
Argentina
2022
4.8%
#33
Rwanda flagRwanda
4.7%2022
#33Rwanda flag
Rwanda
2022
4.7%
#34
Cyprus flagCyprus
4.7%2022
#34Cyprus flag
Cyprus
2022
4.7%
#35
Malta flagMalta
4.7%2022
#35Malta flag
Malta
2022
4.7%
#36
Slovakia flagSlovakia
4.7%2022
#36Slovakia flag
Slovakia
2022
4.7%
#37
Spain flagSpain
4.6%2022
#37Spain flag
Spain
2022
4.6%
#38
Portugal flagPortugal
4.6%2022
#38Portugal flag
Portugal
2022
4.6%
#39
Kenya flagKenya
4.5%2022
#39Kenya flag
Kenya
2022
4.5%
#40
Uruguay flagUruguay
4.5%2022
#40Uruguay flag
Uruguay
2022
4.5%
#41
Bulgaria flagBulgaria
4.5%2022
#41Bulgaria flag
Bulgaria
2022
4.5%
#42
Honduras flagHonduras
4.5%2022
#42Honduras flag
Honduras
2022
4.5%
#43
Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan
4.4%2022
#43Kazakhstan flag
Kazakhstan
2022
4.4%
#44
Latvia flagLatvia
4.3%2022
#44Latvia flag
Latvia
2022
4.3%
#45
Poland flagPoland
4.3%2022
#45Poland flag
Poland
2022
4.3%
#46
Czechia flagCzechia
4.3%2022
#46Czechia flag
Czechia
2022
4.3%
#47
Oman flagOman
4.3%2022
#47Oman flag
Oman
2022
4.3%
#48
Lithuania flagLithuania
4.3%2022
#48Lithuania flag
Lithuania
2022
4.3%
#49
Barbados flagBarbados
4.1%2022
#49Barbados flag
Barbados
2022
4.1%
#50
Nepal flagNepal
4.1%2022
#50Nepal flag
Nepal
2022
4.1%
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