Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) - Country Ranking
Definition: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
Source: UNESCO; data are extrapolated to the most recent year available
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 13.01 | 2019 |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 9.94 | 2019 |
| 3 | Botswana | 9.48 | 2019 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 9.37 | 2019 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 8.62 | 2019 |
| 6 | Djibouti | 7.80 | 2019 |
| 7 | Iceland | 7.47 | 2019 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 7.37 | 2019 |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 7.34 | 2019 |
| 10 | Denmark | 7.28 | 2019 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 7.19 | 2019 |
| 12 | Sweden | 7.13 | 2019 |
| 13 | Eswatini | 7.05 | 2019 |
| 14 | Bhutan | 7.03 | 2019 |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 6.90 | 2019 |
| 16 | Norway | 6.59 | 2019 |
| 17 | Venezuela | 6.54 | 2019 |
| 18 | Oman | 6.50 | 2019 |
| 19 | South Africa | 6.41 | 2019 |
| 20 | Belize | 6.39 | 2019 |
| 21 | Honduras | 6.33 | 2019 |
| 22 | Brazil | 6.28 | 2019 |
| 23 | Kiribati | 6.10 | 2019 |
| 24 | Bolivia | 6.08 | 2019 |
| 25 | Belgium | 6.03 | 2019 |
| 26 | Lesotho | 5.94 | 2019 |
| 27 | Tunisia | 5.90 | 2019 |
| 28 | Finland | 5.80 | 2019 |
| 29 | Israel | 5.53 | 2019 |
| 30 | Cyprus | 5.50 | 2019 |
| 31 | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.39 | 2019 |
| 32 | Mozambique | 5.38 | 2019 |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 5.38 | 2019 |
| 34 | Chile | 5.29 | 2019 |
| 35 | Uruguay | 5.22 | 2019 |
| 36 | Jamaica | 5.21 | 2019 |
| 37 | Cabo Verde | 5.20 | 2019 |
| 38 | Morocco | 5.20 | 2019 |
| 39 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.18 | 2019 |
| 40 | Burundi | 5.18 | 2019 |
| 41 | Austria | 5.05 | 2019 |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 5.04 | 2019 |
| 43 | Australia | 5.02 | 2019 |
| 44 | Dominica | 5.00 | 2019 |
| 45 | Argentina | 4.99 | 2019 |
| 46 | Senegal | 4.99 | 2019 |
| 47 | Portugal | 4.95 | 2019 |
| 48 | Kenya | 4.94 | 2019 |
| 49 | Canada | 4.93 | 2019 |
| 50 | France | 4.92 | 2019 |
| 51 | Ukraine | 4.88 | 2019 |
| 52 | Malta | 4.82 | 2019 |
| 53 | Togo | 4.79 | 2019 |
| 54 | Mauritius | 4.77 | 2019 |
| 55 | Belarus | 4.70 | 2019 |
| 56 | Korea | 4.64 | 2019 |
| 57 | Estonia | 4.63 | 2019 |
| 58 | Malawi | 4.62 | 2019 |
| 59 | Vietnam | 4.61 | 2019 |
| 60 | Iraq | 4.60 | 2019 |
| 61 | Moldova | 4.59 | 2019 |
| 62 | Netherlands | 4.58 | 2019 |
| 63 | Switzerland | 4.55 | 2019 |
| 64 | Seychelles | 4.54 | 2019 |
| 65 | Slovenia | 4.54 | 2019 |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 4.54 | 2019 |
| 67 | Mexico | 4.53 | 2019 |
| 68 | Germany | 4.47 | 2019 |
| 69 | Algeria | 4.47 | 2019 |
| 70 | Poland | 4.45 | 2019 |
| 71 | Russia | 4.42 | 2019 |
| 72 | Egypt | 4.41 | 2019 |
| 73 | United States | 4.40 | 2019 |
| 74 | Hungary | 4.38 | 2019 |
| 75 | Barbados | 4.37 | 2019 |
| 76 | Mongolia | 4.34 | 2019 |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 4.31 | 2019 |
| 78 | Ghana | 4.24 | 2019 |
| 79 | Samoa | 4.24 | 2019 |
| 80 | Ireland | 4.19 | 2019 |
| 81 | Thailand | 4.19 | 2019 |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 4.10 | 2019 |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 4.01 | 2019 |
| 84 | Colombia | 4.00 | 2019 |
| 85 | Spain | 3.99 | 2019 |
| 86 | Brunei | 3.99 | 2019 |
| 87 | Fiji | 3.96 | 2019 |
| 88 | Malaysia | 3.95 | 2019 |
| 89 | Italy | 3.94 | 2019 |
| 90 | Ecuador | 3.93 | 2019 |
| 91 | Latvia | 3.91 | 2019 |
| 92 | The Bahamas | 3.84 | 2019 |
| 93 | Croatia | 3.81 | 2019 |
| 94 | Mali | 3.80 | 2019 |
| 95 | Turkey | 3.80 | 2019 |
| 96 | Slovak Republic | 3.79 | 2019 |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 3.77 | 2019 |
| 98 | Grenada | 3.75 | 2019 |
| 99 | Iran | 3.74 | 2019 |
| 100 | Lithuania | 3.74 | 2019 |
| 101 | Tanzania | 3.73 | 2019 |
| 102 | Czech Republic | 3.73 | 2019 |
| 103 | Liberia | 3.66 | 2019 |
| 104 | Serbia | 3.66 | 2019 |
| 105 | Yemen | 3.60 | 2019 |
| 106 | Angola | 3.57 | 2019 |
| 107 | Zambia | 3.56 | 2019 |
| 108 | El Salvador | 3.56 | 2019 |
| 109 | San Marino | 3.55 | 2019 |
| 110 | São Tomé and Principe | 3.48 | 2019 |
| 111 | Suriname | 3.44 | 2019 |
| 112 | Peru | 3.44 | 2019 |
| 113 | Paraguay | 3.36 | 2019 |
| 114 | St. Lucia | 3.33 | 2019 |
| 115 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.31 | 2019 |
| 116 | Albania | 3.30 | 2019 |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 3.27 | 2019 |
| 118 | Indonesia | 3.27 | 2019 |
| 119 | Nepal | 3.24 | 2019 |
| 120 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.20 | 2019 |
| 121 | Kuwait | 3.19 | 2019 |
| 122 | Timor-Leste | 3.17 | 2019 |
| 123 | Greece | 3.10 | 2019 |
| 124 | Guatemala | 3.09 | 2019 |
| 125 | India | 3.08 | 2019 |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 3.07 | 2019 |
| 127 | Liechtenstein | 3.06 | 2019 |
| 128 | Gabon | 3.06 | 2019 |
| 129 | Rwanda | 3.05 | 2019 |
| 130 | Benin | 2.93 | 2019 |
| 131 | Mauritania | 2.93 | 2019 |
| 131 | Tonga | 2.93 | 2019 |
| 133 | Guyana | 2.92 | 2019 |
| 134 | Bahrain | 2.91 | 2019 |
| 135 | Namibia | 2.89 | 2019 |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.87 | 2019 |
| 137 | Kazakhstan | 2.85 | 2019 |
| 138 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.83 | 2019 |
| 139 | Romania | 2.81 | 2019 |
| 140 | Panama | 2.80 | 2019 |
| 141 | Singapore | 2.76 | 2019 |
| 142 | Japan | 2.73 | 2019 |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 2.71 | 2019 |
| 144 | Jordan | 2.69 | 2019 |
| 145 | Cameroon | 2.68 | 2019 |
| 146 | The Gambia | 2.66 | 2019 |
| 147 | Lao PDR | 2.61 | 2019 |
| 148 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.60 | 2019 |
| 149 | Afghanistan | 2.59 | 2019 |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 2.56 | 2019 |
| 151 | Comoros | 2.53 | 2019 |
| 152 | Congo | 2.52 | 2019 |
| 153 | Dominican Republic | 2.52 | 2019 |
| 154 | Andorra | 2.44 | 2019 |
| 155 | Macao SAR, China | 2.44 | 2019 |
| 156 | Niger | 2.43 | 2019 |
| 157 | Qatar | 2.35 | 2019 |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 2.32 | 2019 |
| 159 | Armenia | 2.29 | 2019 |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.25 | 2019 |
| 161 | Sudan | 2.18 | 2019 |
| 162 | Libya | 2.14 | 2019 |
| 163 | Lebanon | 2.10 | 2019 |
| 164 | Madagascar | 2.08 | 2019 |
| 165 | Guinea | 2.06 | 2019 |
| 166 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 2.06 | 2019 |
| 167 | Pakistan | 2.03 | 2019 |
| 168 | Cambodia | 2.00 | 2019 |
| 169 | Zimbabwe | 1.91 | 2019 |
| 170 | Philippines | 1.84 | 2019 |
| 171 | China | 1.79 | 2019 |
| 172 | Chad | 1.77 | 2019 |
| 173 | Georgia | 1.76 | 2019 |
| 174 | Uganda | 1.72 | 2019 |
| 175 | Eritrea | 1.72 | 2019 |
| 176 | Sri Lanka | 1.63 | 2019 |
| 177 | Myanmar | 1.50 | 2019 |
| 178 | Haiti | 1.46 | 2019 |
| 179 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.16 | 2019 |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 1.15 | 2019 |
| 181 | Monaco | 1.03 | 2019 |
| 182 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.00 | 2019 |
| 183 | Somalia | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 184 | Bangladesh | 0.90 | 2019 |
| 185 | Nigeria | 0.85 | 2019 |
| 186 | New Caledonia | 0.54 | 2019 |
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Limitations and Exceptions: Public education expenditures are considered an addition to savings. However, because of the wide variability in the effectiveness of public education expenditures, these figures cannot be construed as the value of investments in human capital. A current expenditure of $1 on education does not necessarily yield $1 of human capital. The calculation should also consider private education expenditure, but data are not available for a large number of countries.
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
