List of countries by spending on education

The following list of countries according to education expenditure sorts countries and territories in the first part according to the proportion of economic output that they invest in the education of their population. In the second part different countries are listed according to the educational expenditure per student . Education expenses include all expenses or subsidies that flow into schools and universities in a country. Education expenditure can also come from abroad in the form of development aid.

List by share of expenditure on education in GDP

Countries sorted according to state education expenditure as a share of the gross domestic product at the latest determinable point in time. The source is the World Bank .

country	Education expenditure as a share of GDP	year
Cuba	12.8%	2010
Djibouti	8.4%	2012
Botswana	7.8%	2012
East Timor	7.8%	2014
Iceland	7.7%	2015
Denmark	7.6%	2014
Norway	7.6%	2015
Sweden	7.6%	2015
Zimbabwe	7.5%	2014
Costa Rica	7.4%	2017
Bolivia	7.3%	2014
Solomon Islands	7.3%	2012
Kyrgyzstan	7.2%	2017
Belize	7.1%	2017
Bhutan	7.1%	2017
Finland	7.1%	2015
Swaziland	7.0%	2014
Venezuela	6.9%	2009
Uzbekistan	6.9%	2016
Moldova	6.7%	2016
Oman	6.7%	2017
Belgium	6.6%	2015
Tunisia	6.6%	2015
Mozambique	6.5%	2013
Namibia	6.5%	2008
Lesotho	6.4%	2018
Cyprus	6.4%	2015
Honduras	6.3%	2016
New Zealand	6.3%	2016
Brazil	6.2%	2015
Senegal	6.2%	2017
South Africa	6.1%	2017
Israel	5.9%	2015
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5.8%	2017
Czech Republic	5.8%	2015
Vietnam	5.7%	2013
Argentina	5.6%	2016
Saudi Arabia	5.6%	2012
Malawi	5.6%	2015
France	5.5%	2015
Austria	5.5%	2015
United Kingdom	5.5%	2016
Chile	5.4%	2016
Jamaica	5.4%	2017
Netherlands	5.4%	2015
Australia	5.3%	2015
Canada	5.3%	2011
Latvia	5.3%	2014
Malta	5.3%	2015
Morocco	5.3%	2009
Palestine	5.3%	2017
Estonia	5.2%	2015
Cape Verde	5.2%	2017
Kenya	5.2%	2017
Maldives	5.2%	2015
Mexico	5.2%	2015
Tajikistan	5.2%	2015
Yemen	5.1%	2008
Nepal	5.1%	2017
Sao Tome and Principe	5.1%	2016
Switzerland	5.1%	2015
South Korea	5.1%	2015
Togo	5.1%	2016
Ecuador	5.0%	2015
Mauritius	5.0%	2017
Ukraine	5.0%	2016
United States	5.0%	2014
Portugal	4.9%	2015
Slovenia	4.9%	2015
Germany	4.8%	2015
Malaysia	4.8%	2016
Poland	4.8%	2015
Turkey	4.8%	2013
Belarus	4.8%	2017
World average	4.8%	2015
Ethiopia	4.7%	2015
Barbados	4.7%	2017
Slovakia	4.7%	2015
Vanuatu	4.7%	2017
Burundi	4.6%	2016
Croatia	4.6%	2013
Republic of the Congo	4.6%	2015
Sierra Leone	4.6%	2017
Hungary	4.6%	2015
Ghana	4.5%	2017
Niger	4.5%	2017
Paraguay	4.5%	2016
Algeria	4.4%	2008
Benin	4.4%	2015
Brunei	4.4%	2016
Ivory Coast	4.4%	2017
Colombia	4.4%	2017
Seychelles	4.4%	2016
Uruguay	4.4%	2011
Comoros	4.3%	2015
Nicaragua	4.3%	2017
Spain	4.3%	2015
Lithuania	4.2%	2015
Bulgaria	4.1%	2013
Burkina Faso	4.1%	2015
Greece	4.1%	2005
Italy	4.1%	2015
Mongolia	4.1%	2017
Thailand	4.1%	2013
People's Republic of China	4.0%	2016
Afghanistan	3.9%	2017
El Salvador	3.9%	2016
Fiji	3.9%	2013
Luxembourg	3.9%	2015
Peru	3.9%	2017
Serbia	3.9%	2016
Egypt	3.8%	2012
Georgia	3.8%	2017
India	3.8%	2013
Iran	3.8%	2017
Ireland	3.8%	2015
Kuwait	3.8%	2006
Liberia	3.8%	2017
Mali	3.8%	2015
Russia	3.8%	2015
Indonesia	3.6%	2015
Rwanda	3.6%	2016
Albania	3.5%	2013
Angola	3.5%	2010
Japan	3.5%	2016
Tanzania	3.5%	2014
United Arab Emirates	3.4%	2014
Hong Kong	3.3%	2017
Laos	3.3%	2014
North Macedonia	3.3%	2002
Guyana	3.2%	2012
Panama	3.2%	2011
Cameroon	3.1%	2017
Romania	3.1%	2015
Turkmenistan	3.1%	2012
Kazakhstan	3.0%	2016
Macau	3.0%	2015
Qatar	2.9%	2017
Singapore	2.9%	2013
Armenia	2.8%	2015
Gambia	2.8%	2013
Guatemala	2.8%	2017
Sri Lanka	2.8%	2017
Chad	2.8%	2013
Pakistan	2.8%	2017
Bahrain	2.7%	2015
Gabon	2.7%	2014
Philippines	2.7%	2009
Azerbaijan	2.6%	2014
Lebanon	2.6%	2013
Madagascar	2.6%	2015
Mauritania	2.6%	2016
Uganda	2.6%	2017
Bangladesh	2.5%	2016
Libya	2.3%	1999
Dominican Republic	2.2%	2012
Guinea	2.2%	2017
Guinea-Bissau	2.2%	2013
Equatorial Guinea	2.2%	2002
Myanmar	2.2%	2017
Sudan	2.2%	2009
Eritrea	2.1%	2012
Cambodia	1.9%	2014
Nigeria	1.7%	2014
Democratic Republic of Congo	1.5%	2017
Zambia	1.3%	2012
Central African Republic	1.2%	2011
South Sudan	1.0%	2017

List according to per capita expenditure

Different countries by spending (public and private) per student in primary, secondary and tertiary education in US dollars. The source is the OECD .

country	Expenditures per student in US dollars			year
	in the primary level	in secondary school	in the tertiary level
Luxembourg	20,892	20,413	48,907	2015
United States	11,727	13,084	30.003	2015
United Kingdom	11,630	10,569	26,320	2015
Switzerland	15,930	18,994	25.126	2013
Sweden	10,853	11,401	24,417	2015
Norway	13,275	15,401	20,973	2015
Australia	09,546	12.303	20,344	2015
Canada	09,249	12,346	20,136	2015
Japan	09,104	11,148	19,289	2015
Netherlands	08,478	12,850	19,286	2015
Finland	09,305	10,481	17,591	2015
Austria	11,688	15,477	17,555	2015
Belgium	10,211	13,071	17,320	2015
Germany	08,619	11,790	17,036	2015
France	07,395	11,747	16,145	2015
Slovakia	06,877	06,660	15,874	2015
Denmark	12.199	13,368	15,626	2014
New Zealand	07,849	10,383	15,165	2015
Ireland	08,288	10.111	13,229	2015
Estonia	06.327	06,861	12,868	2015
Iceland	11,215	11,149	12,671	2015
Spain	07,321	09,020	12,605	2015
Portugal	07,380	09,518	11,765	2015
Italy	08,426	09,079	11,257	2015
Israel	07,971	05,831	11.003	2015
Czech Republic	05,207	08,476	10,890	2015
Slovenia	08,542	08,290	10,208	2015
Latvia	06,672	06,930	10.137	2015
South Korea	11,047	12,202	10,109	2015
Poland	06,757	06,806	09,687	2015
Lithuania	05,500	05,187	09,656	2015
Turkey	04.134	03,511	08,901	2015
Hungary	05,089	05,870	08,761	2015
Chile	05,064	04,930	08,406	2015
Russia		05,100	08,369	2015
Mexico	02,875	03.129	08,169	2015
Colombia	03,178	02,817	06,370	2016
Argentina	03,365	04,802	05,045	2014
Greece	05,810	06,786	04,094	2015
Indonesia	01,514	01,435	03,764	2015
Brazil	03.110	03,258	03,722	2015

Individual evidence

1. ^ Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) | Data. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (American English). 
2. ^ Education resources - Education spending - OECD Data. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).