| # | Flag | Country | Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education)Expenditure on primary education (% of government expenditure on education) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guam | 90.1% | 1973 | |
| 2 | Virgin Islands (US) | 89% | 1978 | |
| 3 | Lebanon | 80.93% | 1996 | |
| 4 | American Samoa | 70.56% | 1976 | |
| 5 | Nauru | 67.49% | 2002 | |
| 6 | East Timor | 64.89% | 2014 | |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.42% | 2013 | |
| 8 | Togo | 64.06% | 2016 | |
| 9 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 61.59% | 2013 | |
| 10 | Zambia | 59.76% | 2005 | |
| 11 | Uganda | 59.16% | 2014 | |
| 12 | Haiti | 58.92% | 1991 | |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 58.68% | 2007 | |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 57.87% | 2015 | |
| 15 | Albania | 56.77% | 2015 | |
| 16 | Grenada | 56.76% | 2016 | |
| 17 | Guatemala | 56.47% | 2017 | |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 56.29% | 1991 | |
| 19 | Tuvalu | 56.22% | 1997 | |
| 20 | Lesotho | 55.96% | 2018 | |
| 21 | Mauritania | 55.9% | 2016 | |
| 22 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 55.82% | 2014 | |
| 23 | Gambia | 55.18% | 2014 | |
| 24 | Philippines | 54.98% | 2009 | |
| 25 | Comoros | 54.61% | 2015 | |
| 26 | Republic of Macedonia | 54.51% | 1996 | |
| 27 | Nepal | 53.77% | 2015 | |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 53.26% | 2010 | |
| 29 | Swaziland | 50.79% | 2014 | |
| 30 | Benin | 49.81% | 2015 | |
| 31 | Mozambique | 49.25% | 2013 | |
| 32 | Tanzania | 49.15% | 2014 | |
| 33 | Honduras | 48.9% | 2013 | |
| 34 | South Sudan | 48.58% | 2017 | |
| 35 | Cambodia | 48.45% | 2014 | |
| 36 | Niger | 48.12% | 2017 | |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 47.77% | 2014 | |
| 38 | Madagascar | 47.35% | 2012 | |
| 39 | Chad | 46.7% | 2012 | |
| 40 | Iraq | 46.17% | 1989 | |
| 41 | Cayman Islands | 45.97% | 2006 | |
| 42 | Dominica | 45.83% | 2015 | |
| 43 | El Salvador | 45.61% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Marshall Islands | 45.47% | 2002 | |
| 45 | Burundi | 45.43% | 2013 | |
| 46 | Serbia | 45.34% | 2015 | |
| 47 | Palau | 44.86% | 2001 | |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 44.64% | 2017 | |
| 49 | Bangladesh | 44.6% | 2012 | |
| 50 | Tonga | 44.44% | 2004 | |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 44.19% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Malawi | 43.92% | 2016 | |
| 53 | Pakistan | 43.68% | 2016 | |
| 54 | Algeria | 43.61% | 1980 | |
| 55 | Jordan | 43.24% | 2017 | |
| 56 | Indonesia | 42.6% | 2015 | |
| 57 | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.61% | 2009 | |
| 58 | Bolivia | 41.61% | 2014 | |
| 59 | Ivory Coast | 41.41% | 2015 | |
| 60 | Thailand | 41.11% | 2013 | |
| 61 | Laos | 40.64% | 2014 | |
| 62 | Guinea | 40.52% | 2017 | |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 39.81% | 2010 | |
| 64 | Mali | 39.58% | 2016 | |
| 65 | Myanmar | 39.33% | 2018 | |
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.18% | 2003 | |
| 67 | Libya | 39.05% | 1977 | |
| 68 | South Africa | 38.89% | 2017 | |
| 69 | Syria | 38.87% | 2009 | |
| 70 | Israel | 38.68% | 2015 | |
| 71 | Liechtenstein | 38.62% | 2011 | |
| 72 | Fiji | 38.6% | 2013 | |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 38.09% | 2017 | |
| 74 | Oman | 37.95% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Jamaica | 37.88% | 2017 | |
| 76 | Morocco | 37.73% | 2009 | |
| 77 | Samoa | 37.05% | 2016 | |
| 78 | Republic of Ireland | 36.87% | 2015 | |
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 36.6% | 2017 | |
| 80 | Paraguay | 36.44% | 2016 | |
| 81 | Colombia | 36.4% | 2017 | |
| 82 | Maldives | 36.4% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Kenya | 36.34% | 2015 | |
| 84 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 36.1% | 2015 | |
| 85 | Federated States of Micronesia | 35.75% | 1972 | |
| 86 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.93% | 1998 | |
| 87 | Rwanda | 34.61% | 2016 | |
| 88 | Georgia | 34.34% | 2012 | |
| 89 | Kiribati | 34.33% | 2001 | |
| 90 | Djibouti | 34.09% | 2010 | |
| 91 | Cameroon | 33.88% | 2013 | |
| 92 | Malaysia | 33.76% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Peru | 33.49% | 2017 | |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 33.38% | 2017 | |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 33.36% | 2016 | |
| 96 | San Marino | 33.32% | 2011 | |
| 97 | Japan | 32.99% | 2016 | |
| 98 | Bahrain | 32.99% | 2015 | |
| 99 | China | 32.6% | 1999 | |
| 100 | Mexico | 32.47% | 2015 | |
| 101 | Mongolia | 32.22% | 2017 | |
| 102 | Cyprus | 32.21% | 2015 | |
| 103 | Bermuda | 32.16% | 2017 | |
| 104 | Bhutan | 31.97% | 2014 | |
| 105 | South Korea | 31.81% | 2015 | |
| 106 | Australia | 31.78% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Belize | 31.76% | 2017 | |
| 108 | Luxembourg | 31.6% | 2015 | |
| 109 | Venezuela | 31.55% | 2009 | |
| 110 | Angola | 31.43% | 2006 | |
| 111 | Senegal | 31.32% | 2016 | |
| 112 | Republic of the Congo | 31% | 2010 | |
| 113 | United States | 30.96% | 2014 | |
| 114 | Poland | 30.85% | 2015 | |
| 115 | Liberia | 30.72% | 2012 | |
| 116 | Seychelles | 30.57% | 2016 | |
| 117 | Guyana | 30.56% | 2012 | |
| 118 | Iran | 30.12% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Latvia | 30.09% | 2015 | |
| 120 | Argentina | 30.07% | 2016 | |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 30.07% | 1977 | |
| 122 | Virgin Islands (British) | 29.86% | 2017 | |
| 123 | Vietnam | 29.69% | 2013 | |
| 124 | Barbados | 29.61% | 2016 | |
| 125 | Gabon | 29.24% | 2014 | |
| 126 | Cuba | 29.04% | 2010 | |
| 127 | Portugal | 28.96% | 2015 | |
| 128 | Switzerland | 28.95% | 2016 | |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 28.92% | 2017 | |
| 130 | Iceland | 28.63% | 2015 | |
| 131 | India | 28.4% | 2013 | |
| 132 | Slovenia | 28.34% | 2015 | |
| 133 | Chile | 28.08% | 2016 | |
| 134 | Uruguay | 27.88% | 2011 | |
| 135 | Tunisia | 27.66% | 2008 | |
| 136 | Aruba | 27.53% | 2016 | |
| 137 | Curacao | 27.47% | 2013 | |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 27.45% | 2015 | |
| 139 | Denmark | 27.21% | 2014 | |
| 140 | Greece | 27.01% | 1991 | |
| 141 | Spain | 26.64% | 2015 | |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 26.38% | 2016 | |
| 143 | Brazil | 25.62% | 2015 | |
| 144 | Italy | 24.97% | 2015 | |
| 145 | Macao | 24.8% | 2003 | |
| 146 | New Zealand | 24.57% | 2016 | |
| 147 | Malta | 24.27% | 2015 | |
| 148 | Estonia | 23.86% | 2015 | |
| 149 | Norway | 23.72% | 2015 | |
| 150 | Belgium | 23.54% | 2015 | |
| 151 | Panama | 23.47% | 2011 | |
| 152 | Sweden | 23.34% | 2015 | |
| 153 | Ecuador | 23.26% | 2015 | |
| 154 | Eritrea | 23.07% | 2004 | |
| 155 | Mauritius | 23.05% | 2017 | |
| 156 | Turkey | 22.88% | 2015 | |
| 157 | Moldova | 22.73% | 2017 | |
| 158 | Netherlands | 22.35% | 2015 | |
| 159 | Andorra | 22.05% | 2017 | |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 22% | 2014 | |
| 161 | Singapore | 21.98% | 2013 | |
| 162 | Ghana | 21.7% | 2014 | |
| 163 | Hong Kong | 21.69% | 2017 | |
| 164 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 21.38% | 2015 | |
| 165 | France | 20.72% | 2015 | |
| 166 | Armenia | 20.67% | 2016 | |
| 167 | Kuwait | 20.42% | 2006 | |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 20.39% | 2017 | |
| 169 | Finland | 20.24% | 2015 | |
| 170 | Bulgaria | 19.7% | 2013 | |
| 171 | Ukraine | 19.64% | 2016 | |
| 172 | Brunei | 19.52% | 2016 | |
| 173 | Slovakia | 19.12% | 2015 | |
| 174 | Botswana | 17.82% | 2009 | |
| 175 | Qatar | 17.64% | 2009 | |
| 176 | Namibia | 16.87% | 2014 | |
| 177 | Austria | 16.57% | 2015 | |
| 178 | Lithuania | 16.55% | 2015 | |
| 179 | Hungary | 16.4% | 2015 | |
| 180 | Nigeria | 16.35% | 1975 | |
| 181 | Romania | 13.31% | 2015 | |
| 182 | Czech Republic | 13.28% | 2015 | |
| 183 | Germany | 12.93% | 2015 | |
| 184 | Monaco | 12.7% | 2016 | |
| 185 | Kazakhstan | 0.71% | 2017 |