List of countries by spending on education as percentage of government spending

This list shows the spending on education of various countries as a percentage of total government spending. It is based on data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.{{cite web |title=Education : Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure (all sectors) |url=http://data.uis.unesco.org/index.aspx?queryid=3374 |website=data.uis.unesco.org}} The UNESCO dataset does not specify whether education capital expenditures are included, or whether only recurrent expenditures were considered.

List

class="wikitable sortable"
style="background:#ececec;" ! Country ! {{Nowrap\|Expenditure on education}} {{Nowrap\|(% of government spending)}} ! Year
\|{{flag\|Grenada}}	42.79	2016
\|{{flag\|Zimbabwe}}	30.01	2014
\|{{flag\|Ethiopia}}	27.10	2015
\|{{flag\|Eswatini}}	24.95	2014
\|{{flag\|Bhutan}}	24.04	2017
\|{{flag\|Guatemala}}	23.09	2017
\|{{flag\|Tunisia}}	22.90	2015
\|{{flag\|Micronesia }}	22.31	2015
\|{{flag\|Honduras}}	22.02	2017
\|{{flag\|Saint Lucia}}	21.98	2016
\|{{flag\|Belize}}	21.68	2017
\|{{flag\|Senegal}}	21.56	2017
\|{{flag\|Chile}}	21.16	2016
\|{{flag\|Malaysia}}	21.06	2017
\|{{flag\|Turkmenistan}}	20.80	2012
\|{{flag\|Indonesia}}	20.50	2015
\|{{flag\|Burundi}}	20.40	2017
\|{{flag\|Ghana}}	20.10	2017
\|{{flag\|Iran }}	20.04	2017
\|{{flag\|Singapore}}	19.96	2013
\|{{flag\|Uzbekistan}}	19.96	2017
\|{{flag\|Mauritius}}	19.93	2017
\|{{flag\|Sierra Leone}}	19.92	2017
\|{{flag\|Thailand}}	19.13	2013
\|{{flag\|Mexico}}	19.02	2015
\| {{flag\|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}	18.98	2017
\|{{flag\|Mozambique}}	18.98	2013
\|{{flag\|Madagascar}}	18.97	2014
\|{{flag\|Benin}}	18.79	2016
\|{{flag\|South Africa}}	18.73	2017
\|{{flag\|Kyrgyzstan}}	18.64	2017
\|{{flag\|Côte d'Ivoire}}	18.62	2017
\|{{flag\|Viet Nam}}	18.52	2013
\|{{flag\|Jamaica}}	18.40	2017
\|{{flag\|Sao Tome and Principe}}	18.40	2017
\|{{flag\|Republic of Moldova}}	18.33	2017
\|{{flag\|Guyana}}	18.28	2017
\|{{flag\|Peru}}	18.24	2017
\|{{flag\|Iceland}}	18.16	2015
\|{{flag\|Burkina Faso}}	18.03	2015
\|{{flag\|Hong Kong}}	17.84	2017
\|{{flag\|Kenya}}	17.58	2017
\|{{flag\|United Republic of Tanzania}}	17.30	2014
\|{{flag\|Bolivia }}	16.84	2014
\|{{flag\|New Zealand}}	16.57	2016
\|{{flag\|Tajikistan}}	16.44	2015
\|{{flag\|Cabo Verde}}	16.38	2017
\|{{flag\|Cyprus}}	16.28	2015
\|{{flag\|Brazil}}	16.25	2015
\|{{flag\|Guinea-Bissau}}	16.19	2013
\|{{flag\|Togo}}	15.99	2016
\|{{flag\|Nepal}}	15.75	2017
\|{{flag\|Norway}}	15.73	2015
\|{{flag\|Afghanistan}}	15.66	2017
\|{{flag\|El Salvador}}	15.63	2017
\|{{flag\|Switzerland}}	15.53	2016
\|{{flag\|Sweden}}	15.50	2015
\|{{flag\|Cameroon}}	15.47	2017
\|{{flag\|Oman}}	15.34	2017
\|{{flag\|Comoros}}	15.27	2015
\|{{flag\|Colombia}}	15.17	2017
\|{{flag\|Israel}}	15.04	2015
\|{{flag\|Sri Lanka}}	14.50	2017
\|{{flag\|Malawi}}	14.34	2017
\|{{flag\|Fiji}}	14.30	2013
\|{{flag\|Latvia}}	14.13	2015
\|{{flag\|Australia}}	14.08	2015
\|{{flag\|India}}	14.05	2013
\|{{flag\|United Kingdom}}	13.92	2016
\|{{flag\|Mali}}	13.90	2016
\|{{flag\|Czechia}}	13.88	2015
\|{{flag\|Pakistan}}	13.85	2017
\|{{flag\|Denmark}}	13.83	2014
\|{{flag\|Lesotho}}	13.80	2018
\|{{flag\|Albania}}	13.60	2016
\|{{flag\|United States of America}}	13.59	2014
\|{{flag\|Mongolia}}	13.49	2017
\|{{flag\|Argentina}}	13.38	2016
\|{{flag\|Guinea}}	13.38	2017
\|{{flag\|Niger}}	13.25	2017
\|{{flag\|Malta}}	13.15	2015
\| {{flag\|Haiti}}	13.13	2016
\|{{flag\|Ireland}}	13.03	2015
\|{{flag\|Estonia}}	12.97	2015
\|{{flag\|Georgia}}	12.95	2017
\|{{flag\|Barbados}}	12.88	2017
\|{{flag\|Turkey}}	12.84	2015
\|{{flag\|Ecuador}}	12.60	2015
\|{{flag\|Jordan}}	12.53	2017
\|{{flag\|Chad}}	12.46	2013
\|{{flag\|Finland}}	12.41	2015
\| {{flag\|Ukraine}}	12.35	2016
\|{{flag\|Lithuania}}	12.29	2015
\|{{flag\|Belarus}}	12.28	2017
\|{{flag\|Netherlands}}	12.25	2015
\|{{flag\|Lao People's Democratic Republic}}	12.19	2014
\|{{flag\|Belgium}}	12.17	2015
\|{{flag\|Uganda}}	12.01	2017
\|{{flag\|Vanuatu}}	11.78	2017
\|{{flag\|Seychelles}}	11.72	2016
\|{{flag\|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}	11.71	2017
\|{{flag\|Poland}}	11.58	2015
\|{{flag\|Bulgaria}}	11.44	2013
\|{{flag\|Brunei Darussalam}}	11.44	2016
\|{{flag\|Bangladesh}}	11.42	2016
\|{{flag\|Kazakhstan}}	11.42	2017
\|{{flag\|Maldives}}	11.29	2016
\|{{flag\|Gabon}}	11.23	2014
\|{{flag\|Slovenia}}	11.22	2015
\|{{flag\|Rwanda}}	11.08	2017
\|{{flag\|Germany}}	10.99	2015
\|{{flag\|Russian Federation}}	10.87	2015
\|{{flag\|Austria}}	10.69	2015
\|{{flag\|Dominica}}	10.52	2015
\|{{flag\|Samoa}}	10.48	2016
\|{{flag\|Gambia}}	10.36	2016
\|{{flag\|Slovakia}}	10.28	2015
\|{{flag\|Armenia}}	10.20	2016
\|{{flag\|Portugal}}	10.15	2015
\|{{flag\|Spain}}	9.77	2015
\|{{flag\|France}}	9.62	2015
\|{{flag\|Croatia}}	9.49	2013
\|{{flag\|Luxembourg}}	9.43	2015
\|{{flag\|Myanmar}}	9.41	2018
\|{{flag\|Mauritania}}	9.33	2016
\|{{flag\|Hungary}}	9.14	2015
\|{{flag\|Japan}}	9.13	2016
\|{{flag\|Romania}}	9.08	2015
\|{{flag\|Qatar}}	8.88	2017
\| {{flag\|Cambodia}}	8.79	2014
\| {{flag\|Serbia}}	8.69	2016
\| {{flag\|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}	8.64	2015
\|{{flag\|Lebanon}}	8.58	2013
\|{{flag\|Azerbaijan}}	8.20	2016
\|{{flag\|Italy}}	8.11	2015
\|{{flag\|Congo}}	7.95	2015
\| {{flag\|Namibia}}	7.64	2014
\| {{flag\|Bahrain}}	7.18	2017
\| {{flag\|Liberia}}	7.06	2017
\| {{flag\|Timor-Leste}}	6.77	2014
\| {{flag\|South Sudan}}	1.07	2017

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Education Spending as % of government expenditure

List of countries by spending on education as percentage of government spending

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