| # | Flag | Country | Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education)Expenditure on tertiary education (% of government expenditure on education) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 59.02% | 2017 | |
| 2 | Libya | 52.73% | 1999 | |
| 3 | Namibia | 50.6% | 2014 | |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 47.85% | 2015 | |
| 5 | Ecuador | 43.51% | 2015 | |
| 6 | Nigeria | 43.06% | 1975 | |
| 7 | Botswana | 41.51% | 2009 | |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 40.43% | 1977 | |
| 9 | Egypt | 39.62% | 1996 | |
| 10 | Macao | 39.27% | 2016 | |
| 11 | Gabon | 37.83% | 2014 | |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 36.78% | 2014 | |
| 13 | Guinea | 36.68% | 2017 | |
| 14 | Greece | 36.1% | 2005 | |
| 15 | Canada | 35.6% | 2011 | |
| 16 | Singapore | 35.28% | 2013 | |
| 17 | Virgin Islands (British) | 35.07% | 2017 | |
| 18 | Turkey | 34.58% | 2015 | |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 33.28% | 2016 | |
| 20 | Austria | 32.63% | 2015 | |
| 21 | Iran | 32.63% | 2017 | |
| 22 | Kuwait | 32.6% | 2006 | |
| 23 | Eritrea | 31.9% | 2004 | |
| 24 | Chad | 31.7% | 2013 | |
| 25 | Liberia | 31.56% | 2012 | |
| 26 | South Sudan | 31.46% | 2017 | |
| 27 | Denmark | 30.68% | 2014 | |
| 28 | Ukraine | 30.46% | 2016 | |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.13% | 1998 | |
| 30 | Netherlands | 30.13% | 2015 | |
| 31 | Slovakia | 29.91% | 2015 | |
| 32 | Serbia | 28.91% | 2016 | |
| 33 | Australia | 28.86% | 2015 | |
| 34 | Lebanon | 28.74% | 2013 | |
| 35 | Oman | 28.71% | 2017 | |
| 36 | Barbados | 28.54% | 2017 | |
| 37 | India | 28.53% | 2013 | |
| 38 | Hong Kong | 28.49% | 2017 | |
| 39 | Senegal | 28.07% | 2016 | |
| 40 | Lithuania | 27.86% | 2015 | |
| 41 | United States | 27.5% | 2014 | |
| 42 | Central African Republic | 27.29% | 2011 | |
| 43 | Estonia | 27.04% | 2015 | |
| 44 | Algeria | 26.97% | 2008 | |
| 45 | Uruguay | 26.83% | 2011 | |
| 46 | Finland | 26.7% | 2015 | |
| 47 | Bolivia | 26.22% | 2014 | |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 26.05% | 2010 | |
| 49 | Switzerland | 26% | 2016 | |
| 50 | Germany | 25.95% | 2015 | |
| 51 | Norway | 25.91% | 2015 | |
| 52 | Zambia | 25.75% | 2005 | |
| 53 | Chile | 25.4% | 2016 | |
| 54 | Malta | 25.33% | 2015 | |
| 55 | Poland | 25.28% | 2015 | |
| 56 | New Zealand | 25.26% | 2016 | |
| 57 | Cuba | 25.12% | 2007 | |
| 58 | Sweden | 24.91% | 2015 | |
| 59 | Bahrain | 24.4% | 2013 | |
| 60 | Burundi | 24.23% | 2013 | |
| 61 | Syria | 24.22% | 2009 | |
| 62 | United Kingdom | 24.18% | 2016 | |
| 63 | China | 23.98% | 1999 | |
| 64 | Tunisia | 23.94% | 2015 | |
| 65 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 23.81% | 2015 | |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 23.64% | 2017 | |
| 67 | Republic of Ireland | 23.35% | 2015 | |
| 68 | Paraguay | 23.33% | 2016 | |
| 69 | Niger | 23.26% | 2017 | |
| 70 | Malawi | 23.11% | 2016 | |
| 71 | France | 22.79% | 2015 | |
| 72 | Venezuela | 22.6% | 2009 | |
| 73 | Fiji | 22.56% | 2013 | |
| 74 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 22.42% | 2015 | |
| 75 | Spain | 22.36% | 2015 | |
| 76 | Iraq | 22.32% | 1989 | |
| 77 | Panama | 22.24% | 2011 | |
| 78 | Benin | 22.15% | 2015 | |
| 79 | Belgium | 22.13% | 2015 | |
| 80 | Latvia | 22.09% | 2015 | |
| 81 | Croatia | 21.86% | 2013 | |
| 82 | Mali | 21.74% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Tonga | 21.72% | 2004 | |
| 84 | Seychelles | 21.64% | 2016 | |
| 85 | Mexico | 21.48% | 2015 | |
| 86 | Brazil | 21.45% | 2015 | |
| 87 | Ivory Coast | 21.44% | 2015 | |
| 88 | Tanzania | 21.4% | 2014 | |
| 89 | Romania | 21.16% | 2015 | |
| 90 | Russia | 21.14% | 2015 | |
| 91 | Malaysia | 20.99% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Rwanda | 20.86% | 2015 | |
| 93 | Cyprus | 20.7% | 2015 | |
| 94 | Palau | 20.66% | 2001 | |
| 95 | Maldives | 20.59% | 2016 | |
| 96 | Argentina | 20.37% | 2016 | |
| 97 | Morocco | 20.18% | 2009 | |
| 98 | Guam | 19.88% | 1976 | |
| 99 | Slovenia | 19.87% | 2015 | |
| 100 | Jamaica | 19.26% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Albania | 19.1% | 2016 | |
| 102 | South Korea | 18.95% | 2015 | |
| 103 | Brunei | 18.89% | 2016 | |
| 104 | Iceland | 18.89% | 2015 | |
| 105 | Japan | 18.84% | 2016 | |
| 106 | Italy | 18.6% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Jordan | 18.53% | 2017 | |
| 108 | Colombia | 18.47% | 2017 | |
| 109 | Aruba | 18.39% | 2016 | |
| 110 | Portugal | 18.3% | 2015 | |
| 111 | Ghana | 18.27% | 2014 | |
| 112 | Togo | 17.93% | 2016 | |
| 113 | Mauritania | 17.73% | 2016 | |
| 114 | Cape Verde | 17.15% | 2017 | |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 17.08% | 2016 | |
| 116 | Bermuda | 16.98% | 2017 | |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 16.94% | 1998 | |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 16.83% | 2014 | |
| 119 | Peru | 16.67% | 2017 | |
| 120 | Djibouti | 16.5% | 2010 | |
| 121 | Belarus | 16.48% | 2017 | |
| 122 | Uganda | 16.3% | 2014 | |
| 123 | Israel | 16.23% | 2015 | |
| 124 | Afghanistan | 15.95% | 2015 | |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 15.92% | 2013 | |
| 126 | Indonesia | 15.8% | 2015 | |
| 127 | Thailand | 15.55% | 2013 | |
| 128 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 15.36% | 2015 | |
| 129 | Madagascar | 15.2% | 2012 | |
| 130 | Republic of Macedonia | 15.01% | 2002 | |
| 131 | Vietnam | 15.01% | 2013 | |
| 132 | Myanmar | 14.78% | 2018 | |
| 133 | Moldova | 14.74% | 2017 | |
| 134 | Marshall Islands | 14.7% | 2002 | |
| 135 | Gambia | 14.57% | 2014 | |
| 136 | Dominican Republic | 14.53% | 2007 | |
| 137 | South Africa | 14.36% | 2017 | |
| 138 | Hungary | 14.33% | 2015 | |
| 139 | Laos | 13.81% | 2014 | |
| 140 | Honduras | 13.69% | 2015 | |
| 141 | Mozambique | 13.69% | 2013 | |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 13.66% | 1991 | |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 13.65% | 2015 | |
| 144 | Swaziland | 13.33% | 2014 | |
| 145 | Czech Republic | 13.33% | 2015 | |
| 146 | Guatemala | 13.22% | 2017 | |
| 147 | Armenia | 13.18% | 2016 | |
| 148 | Luxembourg | 13.1% | 2015 | |
| 149 | Kenya | 13.07% | 2015 | |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 12.96% | 2017 | |
| 151 | Philippines | 11.96% | 2009 | |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.51% | 1990 | |
| 153 | American Samoa | 11.18% | 2006 | |
| 154 | Virgin Islands (US) | 11% | 1978 | |
| 155 | Belize | 10.93% | 2017 | |
| 156 | Republic of the Congo | 10.87% | 2010 | |
| 157 | Nepal | 10.8% | 2015 | |
| 158 | San Marino | 10.76% | 2011 | |
| 159 | Kazakhstan | 10.56% | 2017 | |
| 160 | Comoros | 10.41% | 2015 | |
| 161 | Bhutan | 10.33% | 2014 | |
| 162 | Cameroon | 10.21% | 2013 | |
| 163 | Pakistan | 10.18% | 2017 | |
| 164 | Haiti | 10.16% | 1991 | |
| 165 | Georgia | 10.08% | 2017 | |
| 166 | Tajikistan | 9.95% | 2015 | |
| 167 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 9.6% | 2014 | |
| 168 | Grenada | 9.57% | 2016 | |
| 169 | Federated States of Micronesia | 9.57% | 1972 | |
| 170 | Kiribati | 9.44% | 1974 | |
| 171 | El Salvador | 9.37% | 2017 | |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 9.23% | 2012 | |
| 173 | Samoa | 9.18% | 2016 | |
| 174 | Liechtenstein | 9.09% | 2007 | |
| 175 | Dominica | 8.86% | 2015 | |
| 176 | Angola | 8.7% | 2006 | |
| 177 | Qatar | 7.61% | 1978 | |
| 178 | Lesotho | 7.41% | 2018 | |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.35% | 2009 | |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.01% | 2010 | |
| 181 | Mongolia | 6.41% | 2017 | |
| 182 | Cambodia | 6.1% | 2013 | |
| 183 | Mauritius | 5.86% | 2017 | |
| 184 | Vanuatu | 5.86% | 2008 | |
| 185 | Andorra | 5.68% | 2017 | |
| 186 | Curacao | 5.25% | 2013 | |
| 187 | Guyana | 5.06% | 2012 | |
| 188 | Saint Lucia | 5.01% | 2011 | |
| 189 | Monaco | 4.37% | 2004 | |
| 190 | East Timor | 4.11% | 2014 | |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.9% | 2013 | |
| 192 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.02% | 2016 | |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 0% | 1990 |