Education Spending

Name: Education Spending
Creator: GK Maps

Namibia has the highest Education Spending (2025) of any country, at 9.1 % of GDP. It is followed by Algeria (9.0) and Cuba (8.4).

Education Spending — 163 countries (% of GDP)
1	Namibia	9.1
2	Algeria	9.0
3	Cuba	8.4
4	Solomon Is.	8.3
5	Botswana	8.1
6	Mauritania	7.6
7	Vanuatu	7.6
8	Bolivia	7.5
9	Iceland	7.3
10	Sweden	7.3
11	Venezuela	6.9
12	Kyrgyzstan	6.8
13	Tunisia	6.7
14	Lesotho	6.6
15	Moldova	6.6
16	Denmark	6.4
17	Finland	6.4
18	Kuwait	6.4
19	Belgium	6.3
20	Senegal	6.2
21	eSwatini	6.0
22	Morocco	6.0
23	Mozambique	6.0
24	South Africa	6.0
25	Israel	5.9
26	United Kingdom	5.9
27	Bhutan	5.8
28	Brazil	5.6
29	Jamaica	5.5
30	Uzbekistan	5.5
31	South Korea	5.4
32	Norway	5.4
33	Tajikistan	5.4
34	United States of America	5.4
35	Austria	5.3
36	Burkina Faso	5.3
37	Colombia	5.3
38	Costa Rica	5.3
39	France	5.3
40	Slovenia	5.3
41	Estonia	5.2
42	Germany	5.2
43	Mongolia	5.2
44	Netherlands	5.2
45	New Zealand	5.2
46	Timor-Leste	5.2
47	Yemen	5.2
48	Australia	5.1
49	Syria	5.1
50	Ukraine	5.1
51	Argentina	5.0
52	Belarus	5.0
53	Chile	4.9
54	Kazakhstan	4.9
55	Switzerland	4.9
56	Canada	4.8
57	Uruguay	4.8
58	Cyprus	4.7
59	Slovakia	4.7
60	Belize	4.6
61	Portugal	4.6
62	Rwanda	4.6
63	Spain	4.6
64	Bulgaria	4.5
65	Burundi	4.5
66	Guyana	4.5
67	Honduras	4.5
68	Saudi Arabia	4.5
69	Brunei	4.4
70	Oman	4.4
71	Peru	4.4
72	Afghanistan	4.3
73	Czechia	4.3
74	Latvia	4.3
75	Lithuania	4.3
76	Poland	4.3
77	Puerto Rico	4.3
78	Turkmenistan	4.3
79	Fiji	4.2
80	Mali	4.2
81	Russia	4.2
82	Croatia	4.1
83	India	4.1
84	Italy	4.1
85	Mexico	4.1
86	Niger	4.1
87	Togo	4.1
88	Zambia	4.1
89	Georgia	4.0
90	Kenya	4.0
91	Philippines	4.0
92	China	3.9
93	United Arab Emirates	3.9
94	Djibouti	3.8
95	Dominican Rep.	3.8
96	Egypt	3.8
97	Hungary	3.8
98	Azerbaijan	3.7
99	Ecuador	3.7
100	Luxembourg	3.7
101	Nepal	3.7
102	Côte d'Ivoire	3.6
103	Iraq	3.6
104	Malaysia	3.5
105	Paraguay	3.5
106	Greece	3.4
107	Serbia	3.4
108	Congo	3.3
109	El Salvador	3.3
110	Japan	3.3
111	North Macedonia	3.3
112	Romania	3.3
113	Benin	3.2
114	Bosnia and Herz.	3.2
115	Chad	3.2
116	Jordan	3.2
117	Qatar	3.2
118	Tanzania	3.2
119	Trinidad and Tobago	3.2
120	Albania	3.1
121	Guatemala	3.1
122	Turkey	3.1
123	Madagascar	3.0
124	Ghana	2.9
125	Ireland	2.9
126	Nicaragua	2.9
127	Suriname	2.9
128	Vietnam	2.9
129	Cameroon	2.8
130	Dem. Rep. Congo	2.8
131	Gambia	2.8
132	Iran	2.8
133	Bahamas	2.7
134	Malawi	2.7
135	Sierra Leone	2.6
136	Uganda	2.6
137	Angola	2.5
138	Panama	2.5
139	Thailand	2.5
140	Armenia	2.4
141	Ethiopia	2.3
142	Gabon	2.3
143	Liberia	2.3
144	Libya	2.3
145	Cambodia	2.2
146	Eq. Guinea	2.2
147	Eritrea	2.1
148	Bangladesh	2.0
149	Guinea-Bissau	2.0
150	Myanmar	2.0
151	Sudan	2.0
152	Pakistan	1.9
153	Central African Rep.	1.8
154	Sri Lanka	1.8
155	Guinea	1.7
156	Indonesia	1.3
157	Laos	1.2
158	Lebanon	1.2
159	Haiti	1.0
160	Papua New Guinea	0.8
161	Zimbabwe	0.4
162	Nigeria	0.3
163	Somalia	0.0

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