# Countries by government spending on education, share of government spending, 2022

All 156 values come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics for 2022, so the places are comparable. 44 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `education_expenditure_govt_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: General government expenditure on education as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors. Calculated and published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/unesco-institute-for-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Government expenditure on education, total, % of government expenditure (SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.XPD.TOTL.GB.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/education-spending-government-share/countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 29.4 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 28.7 |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 25.8 |
| 4 | Namibia | 24.7 |
| 5 | Paraguay | 24.1 |
| 6 | Morocco | 23.9 |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.5 |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 23 |
| 9 | Sint Maarten | 22.6 |
| 10 | Guatemala | 22.5 |
| 11 | Bhutan | 22.1 |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 22 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 21.9 |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 21.6 |
| 15 | Bolivia | 21 |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 20.9 |
| 17 | Burundi | 20.6 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 20.1 |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 20.1 |
| 20 | Tunisia | 20 |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 19.3 |
| 22 | Kiribati | 18.9 |
| 23 | South Africa | 18.9 |
| 24 | Iran | 18.8 |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 18.5 |
| 26 | Chile | 18.4 |
| 27 | Tajikistan | 18.3 |
| 28 | Mali | 18.2 |
| 29 | Belize | 17.8 |
| 30 | Gambia | 17.1 |
| 31 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 17.1 |
| 32 | Cuba | 17 |
| 33 | Jamaica | 16.9 |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 16.9 |
| 35 | Chad | 16.7 |
| 36 | Moldova | 16.7 |
| 37 | Eswatini | 16.6 |
| 38 | Senegal | 16.5 |
| 39 | Peru | 16.5 |
| 40 | Puerto Rico | 16.4 |
| 41 | Kenya | 16.1 |
| 42 | Israel | 16.1 |
| 43 | Côte d’Ivoire | 15.9 |
| 44 | Panama | 15.8 |
| 45 | Mauritius | 15.7 |
| 46 | Philippines | 15.7 |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 15.7 |
| 48 | Iceland | 15.7 |
| 49 | Republic of the Congo | 15.5 |
| 50 | Vietnam | 15.4 |
| 51 | Switzerland | 15.4 |
| 52 | Sweden | 15.3 |
| 53 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.2 |
| 54 | Singapore | 15.1 |
| 55 | Benin | 15 |
| 56 | Uruguay | 14.9 |
| 57 | Thailand | 14.6 |
| 58 | Togo | 14.5 |
| 59 | Norway | 14.5 |
| 60 | Hong Kong | 14.4 |
| 61 | Tanzania | 14.3 |
| 62 | Mexico | 14.2 |
| 63 | Oman | 14.2 |
| 64 | Denmark | 14.2 |
| 65 | India | 14.2 |
| 66 | North Korea | 13.9 |
| 67 | Gabon | 13.8 |
| 68 | Samoa | 13.6 |
| 69 | San Marino | 13.4 |
| 70 | Ghana | 13.2 |
| 71 | Georgia | 13.2 |
| 72 | Haiti | 13.1 |
| 73 | Algeria | 13.1 |
| 74 | Estonia | 13 |
| 75 | Brazil | 12.9 |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 12.9 |
| 77 | Cameroon | 12.8 |
| 78 | Rwanda | 12.8 |
| 79 | Barbados | 12.7 |
| 80 | Argentina | 12.7 |
| 81 | Fiji | 12.6 |
| 82 | Australia | 12.6 |
| 83 | New Zealand | 12.6 |
| 84 | Malta | 12.5 |
| 85 | Cyprus | 12.5 |
| 86 | Nepal | 12.4 |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 12.4 |
| 88 | Niger | 12.4 |
| 89 | Macao | 12.3 |
| 90 | Kuwait | 12.3 |
| 91 | British Virgin Islands | 12.2 |
| 92 | Belarus | 12.2 |
| 93 | Finland | 12.1 |
| 94 | Belgium | 12 |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 12 |
| 96 | Netherlands | 12 |
| 97 | Guinea | 11.9 |
| 98 | Curaçao | 11.9 |
| 99 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.9 |
| 100 | Lithuania | 11.7 |
| 101 | Cambodia | 11.7 |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 11.6 |
| 103 | El Salvador | 11.4 |
| 104 | Marshall Islands | 11.3 |
| 105 | Türkiye | 11.3 |
| 106 | Slovenia | 11.1 |
| 107 | Maldives | 11.1 |
| 108 | Suriname | 11 |
| 109 | Slovakia | 10.8 |
| 110 | Central African Republic | 10.7 |
| 111 | Germany | 10.7 |
| 112 | Canada | 10.7 |
| 113 | Seychelles | 10.6 |
| 114 | Comoros | 10.5 |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.4 |
| 116 | Portugal | 10.4 |
| 117 | Bahamas | 10.4 |
| 118 | Palau | 10.2 |
| 119 | Czechia | 10 |
| 120 | Poland | 10 |
| 121 | Austria | 10 |
| 122 | Latvia | 9.9 |
| 123 | Spain | 9.9 |
| 124 | Grenada | 9.9 |
| 125 | Laos | 9.8 |
| 126 | Tonga | 9.8 |
| 127 | Jordan | 9.5 |
| 128 | Armenia | 9.4 |
| 129 | Pakistan | 9.4 |
| 130 | Dominica | 9.4 |
| 131 | Ecuador | 9.3 |
| 132 | France | 9.1 |
| 133 | Albania | 9 |
| 134 | Lebanon | 8.9 |
| 135 | Romania | 8.8 |
| 136 | Indonesia | 8.7 |
| 137 | Uganda | 8.5 |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 8.5 |
| 139 | Gibraltar | 7.8 |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.8 |
| 141 | Hungary | 7.8 |
| 142 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.7 |
| 143 | Bahrain | 7.7 |
| 144 | Mongolia | 7.5 |
| 145 | Serbia | 7.4 |
| 146 | Italy | 7.4 |
| 147 | Andorra | 7 |
| 148 | Angola | 6.6 |
| 149 | Greece | 6.4 |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 5.3 |
| 151 | Mauritania | 4.8 |
| 152 | Monaco | 4.8 |
| 153 | Nigeria | 4.3 |
| 154 | Nauru | 4.2 |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9 |
| 156 | Somalia | 2.8 |