| # | Flag | Country | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Samoa | 14.63% | 2006 | |
| 2 | Cuba | 12.84% | 2010 | |
| 3 | Federated States of Micronesia | 12.46% | 2015 | |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 12.24% | 2003 | |
| 5 | Kiribati | 11.99% | 2001 | |
| 6 | Grenada | 10.29% | 2016 | |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 9.86% | 2010 | |
| 8 | Botswana | 9.63% | 2009 | |
| 9 | Iceland | 7.71% | 2015 | |
| 10 | Denmark | 7.63% | 2014 | |
| 11 | Palau | 7.58% | 2002 | |
| 12 | Norway | 7.55% | 2015 | |
| 13 | Sweden | 7.55% | 2015 | |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 7.53% | 2014 | |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 7.43% | 2017 | |
| 16 | Papua New Guinea | 7.39% | 1977 | |
| 17 | Bolivia | 7.29% | 2014 | |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.21% | 2017 | |
| 19 | Swaziland | 7.13% | 2014 | |
| 20 | Finland | 7.09% | 2015 | |
| 21 | Belize | 7.09% | 2017 | |
| 22 | Bhutan | 7.05% | 2017 | |
| 23 | Venezuela | 6.87% | 2009 | |
| 24 | Moldova | 6.68% | 2017 | |
| 25 | Oman | 6.67% | 2017 | |
| 26 | Tunisia | 6.6% | 2015 | |
| 27 | Belgium | 6.55% | 2015 | |
| 28 | Mozambique | 6.48% | 2013 | |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 6.41% | 2017 | |
| 30 | Cyprus | 6.38% | 2015 | |
| 31 | Lesotho | 6.36% | 2018 | |
| 32 | Virgin Islands (British) | 6.32% | 2015 | |
| 33 | New Zealand | 6.3% | 2016 | |
| 34 | Guyana | 6.25% | 2017 | |
| 35 | Brazil | 6.24% | 2015 | |
| 36 | Senegal | 6.2% | 2017 | |
| 37 | Aruba | 6.14% | 2016 | |
| 38 | South Africa | 6.13% | 2017 | |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 6.07% | 2014 | |
| 40 | Honduras | 5.96% | 2017 | |
| 41 | Israel | 5.88% | 2015 | |
| 42 | Czech Republic | 5.79% | 2015 | |
| 43 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.75% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 5.71% | 2016 | |
| 45 | Vietnam | 5.65% | 2013 | |
| 46 | Argentina | 5.57% | 2016 | |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 5.54% | 2016 | |
| 48 | France | 5.46% | 2015 | |
| 49 | Austria | 5.45% | 2015 | |
| 50 | Netherlands | 5.4% | 2015 | |
| 51 | Chile | 5.35% | 2016 | |
| 52 | Latvia | 5.34% | 2015 | |
| 53 | Australia | 5.32% | 2015 | |
| 54 | Canada | 5.27% | 2011 | |
| 55 | Jamaica | 5.27% | 2017 | |
| 56 | Malta | 5.27% | 2015 | |
| 57 | Morocco | 5.26% | 2009 | |
| 58 | South Korea | 5.25% | 2015 | |
| 59 | Mexico | 5.24% | 2015 | |
| 60 | Kenya | 5.24% | 2017 | |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 5.23% | 2015 | |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 5.22% | 2017 | |
| 63 | Estonia | 5.22% | 2015 | |
| 64 | Yemen | 5.15% | 2008 | |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 5.14% | 2008 | |
| 66 | Syria | 5.13% | 2009 | |
| 67 | Switzerland | 5.12% | 2016 | |
| 68 | Nepal | 5.1% | 2017 | |
| 69 | Togo | 5.06% | 2016 | |
| 70 | Mauritius | 5.02% | 2017 | |
| 71 | Ukraine | 5.01% | 2016 | |
| 72 | Ecuador | 5% | 2015 | |
| 73 | United States | 4.99% | 2014 | |
| 74 | Curacao | 4.93% | 2013 | |
| 75 | Slovenia | 4.91% | 2015 | |
| 76 | Portugal | 4.88% | 2015 | |
| 77 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 4.86% | 2017 | |
| 78 | Belarus | 4.82% | 2017 | |
| 79 | Poland | 4.81% | 2015 | |
| 80 | Germany | 4.81% | 2015 | |
| 81 | Malaysia | 4.74% | 2017 | |
| 82 | Ethiopia | 4.74% | 2015 | |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 4.7% | 2017 | |
| 84 | Barbados | 4.66% | 2017 | |
| 85 | Slovakia | 4.65% | 2015 | |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 4.64% | 2017 | |
| 87 | Hungary | 4.58% | 2015 | |
| 88 | Croatia | 4.56% | 2013 | |
| 89 | Republic of the Congo | 4.56% | 2015 | |
| 90 | Paraguay | 4.52% | 2016 | |
| 91 | Ghana | 4.51% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Djibouti | 4.49% | 2010 | |
| 93 | Brunei | 4.43% | 2016 | |
| 94 | Seychelles | 4.42% | 2016 | |
| 95 | Colombia | 4.4% | 2017 | |
| 96 | Ivory Coast | 4.36% | 2017 | |
| 97 | Uruguay | 4.36% | 2011 | |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 4.35% | 2017 | |
| 99 | Comoros | 4.34% | 2015 | |
| 100 | Burundi | 4.34% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Algeria | 4.34% | 2008 | |
| 102 | Turkey | 4.29% | 2015 | |
| 103 | Spain | 4.28% | 2015 | |
| 104 | Maldives | 4.25% | 2016 | |
| 105 | Lithuania | 4.22% | 2015 | |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 4.17% | 2015 | |
| 107 | Thailand | 4.12% | 2013 | |
| 108 | Samoa | 4.08% | 2016 | |
| 109 | Italy | 4.08% | 2015 | |
| 110 | Mongolia | 4.07% | 2017 | |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 4.06% | 2013 | |
| 112 | Malawi | 4.03% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Benin | 3.99% | 2016 | |
| 114 | Greece | 3.96% | 2005 | |
| 115 | Albania | 3.95% | 2016 | |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 3.93% | 2017 | |
| 117 | Peru | 3.92% | 2017 | |
| 118 | Luxembourg | 3.92% | 2015 | |
| 119 | Tonga | 3.91% | 2004 | |
| 120 | Fiji | 3.88% | 2013 | |
| 121 | Serbia | 3.86% | 2016 | |
| 122 | India | 3.84% | 2013 | |
| 123 | Georgia | 3.83% | 2017 | |
| 124 | Liberia | 3.83% | 2017 | |
| 125 | Russia | 3.82% | 2015 | |
| 126 | Iran | 3.79% | 2017 | |
| 127 | Republic of Ireland | 3.77% | 2015 | |
| 128 | Egypt | 3.76% | 2008 | |
| 129 | Kuwait | 3.76% | 2006 | |
| 130 | El Salvador | 3.75% | 2017 | |
| 131 | Tuvalu | 3.73% | 1997 | |
| 132 | Jordan | 3.6% | 2017 | |
| 133 | Indonesia | 3.58% | 2015 | |
| 134 | Iraq | 3.55% | 1989 | |
| 135 | Niger | 3.54% | 2017 | |
| 136 | Tanzania | 3.48% | 2014 | |
| 137 | Angola | 3.47% | 2010 | |
| 138 | Japan | 3.47% | 2016 | |
| 139 | Dominica | 3.39% | 2015 | |
| 140 | Hong Kong | 3.31% | 2017 | |
| 141 | Republic of Macedonia | 3.3% | 2002 | |
| 142 | Turks And Caicos Islands | 3.27% | 2015 | |
| 143 | Rwanda | 3.21% | 2017 | |
| 144 | Andorra | 3.2% | 2017 | |
| 145 | Panama | 3.16% | 2011 | |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.14% | 2003 | |
| 147 | Romania | 3.11% | 2015 | |
| 148 | Namibia | 3.1% | 2014 | |
| 149 | Mali | 3.09% | 2016 | |
| 150 | Gambia | 3.09% | 2016 | |
| 151 | Macao | 3.08% | 2016 | |
| 152 | Cameroon | 3.08% | 2017 | |
| 153 | Nigeria | 3.06% | 1975 | |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 3.05% | 2012 | |
| 155 | Laos | 2.94% | 2014 | |
| 156 | Azerbaijan | 2.9% | 2016 | |
| 157 | Singapore | 2.9% | 2013 | |
| 158 | Kazakhstan | 2.88% | 2017 | |
| 159 | Qatar | 2.85% | 2017 | |
| 160 | Chad | 2.85% | 2013 | |
| 161 | Sri Lanka | 2.81% | 2017 | |
| 162 | Guatemala | 2.8% | 2017 | |
| 163 | Madagascar | 2.79% | 2014 | |
| 164 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 2.78% | 2015 | |
| 165 | Pakistan | 2.76% | 2017 | |
| 166 | Armenia | 2.76% | 2016 | |
| 167 | East Timor | 2.69% | 2014 | |
| 168 | Gabon | 2.67% | 2014 | |
| 169 | Philippines | 2.65% | 2009 | |
| 170 | Uganda | 2.64% | 2017 | |
| 171 | Mauritania | 2.63% | 2016 | |
| 172 | Liechtenstein | 2.56% | 2011 | |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.52% | 2009 | |
| 174 | Lebanon | 2.48% | 2013 | |
| 175 | Haiti | 2.45% | 2016 | |
| 176 | San Marino | 2.38% | 2011 | |
| 177 | Bahrain | 2.34% | 2017 | |
| 178 | Libya | 2.26% | 1999 | |
| 179 | The Bahamas | 2.23% | 2000 | |
| 180 | Sudan | 2.22% | 2009 | |
| 181 | Guinea | 2.21% | 2017 | |
| 182 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.19% | 1998 | |
| 183 | Myanmar | 2.17% | 2017 | |
| 184 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.13% | 2013 | |
| 185 | Eritrea | 2.13% | 2006 | |
| 186 | Dominican Republic | 2.05% | 2007 | |
| 187 | Cayman Islands | 1.99% | 2006 | |
| 188 | Cambodia | 1.91% | 2014 | |
| 189 | China | 1.89% | 1999 | |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 1.54% | 2016 | |
| 191 | Bermuda | 1.49% | 2017 | |
| 192 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 1.47% | 2017 | |
| 193 | Monaco | 1.37% | 2016 | |
| 194 | Central African Republic | 1.23% | 2011 | |
| 195 | Zambia | 1.1% | 2008 | |
| 196 | South Sudan | 0.98% | 2017 |