| # | Flag | Country | Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure)Government expenditure on education, total (% of government expenditure) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grenada | 42.79% | 2016 | |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 30.01% | 2014 | |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 27.1% | 2015 | |
| 4 | Swaziland | 24.95% | 2014 | |
| 5 | Bhutan | 24.04% | 2017 | |
| 6 | Guatemala | 23.09% | 2017 | |
| 7 | Tunisia | 22.9% | 2015 | |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | 22.51% | 2003 | |
| 9 | Federated States of Micronesia | 22.31% | 2015 | |
| 10 | Honduras | 22.02% | 2017 | |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 21.98% | 2016 | |
| 12 | Belize | 21.68% | 2017 | |
| 13 | Senegal | 21.56% | 2017 | |
| 14 | Chile | 21.16% | 2016 | |
| 15 | Malaysia | 21.06% | 2017 | |
| 16 | Turkmenistan | 20.8% | 2012 | |
| 17 | Indonesia | 20.5% | 2015 | |
| 18 | Botswana | 20.48% | 2009 | |
| 19 | Burundi | 20.4% | 2017 | |
| 20 | Ghana | 20.1% | 2017 | |
| 21 | Iran | 20.04% | 2017 | |
| 22 | Singapore | 19.96% | 2013 | |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 19.96% | 2017 | |
| 24 | Mauritius | 19.93% | 2017 | |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 19.92% | 2017 | |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 19.26% | 2008 | |
| 27 | Syria | 19.18% | 2009 | |
| 28 | Thailand | 19.13% | 2013 | |
| 29 | Mexico | 19.02% | 2015 | |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.98% | 2017 | |
| 31 | Mozambique | 18.98% | 2013 | |
| 32 | Madagascar | 18.97% | 2014 | |
| 33 | The Bahamas | 18.92% | 2000 | |
| 34 | Benin | 18.79% | 2016 | |
| 35 | South Africa | 18.73% | 2017 | |
| 36 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.64% | 2017 | |
| 37 | Ivory Coast | 18.62% | 2017 | |
| 38 | Vietnam | 18.52% | 2013 | |
| 39 | Jamaica | 18.4% | 2017 | |
| 40 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 18.4% | 2017 | |
| 41 | Moldova | 18.33% | 2017 | |
| 42 | Guyana | 18.28% | 2017 | |
| 43 | Peru | 18.24% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Iceland | 18.16% | 2015 | |
| 45 | Tonga | 18.1% | 2004 | |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 18.03% | 2015 | |
| 47 | Hong Kong | 17.84% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Kenya | 17.58% | 2017 | |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 17.48% | 2010 | |
| 50 | Tanzania | 17.3% | 2014 | |
| 51 | Morocco | 17.3% | 2009 | |
| 52 | Bolivia | 16.84% | 2014 | |
| 53 | New Zealand | 16.57% | 2016 | |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 16.44% | 2015 | |
| 55 | Cape Verde | 16.38% | 2017 | |
| 56 | Cyprus | 16.28% | 2015 | |
| 57 | Brazil | 16.25% | 2015 | |
| 58 | Guinea-Bissau | 16.19% | 2013 | |
| 59 | Togo | 15.99% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Nepal | 15.75% | 2017 | |
| 61 | Norway | 15.73% | 2015 | |
| 62 | Afghanistan | 15.66% | 2017 | |
| 63 | El Salvador | 15.63% | 2017 | |
| 64 | Palau | 15.54% | 2002 | |
| 65 | Switzerland | 15.53% | 2016 | |
| 66 | Sweden | 15.5% | 2015 | |
| 67 | Cameroon | 15.47% | 2017 | |
| 68 | Oman | 15.34% | 2017 | |
| 69 | Comoros | 15.27% | 2015 | |
| 70 | Colombia | 15.17% | 2017 | |
| 71 | Israel | 15.04% | 2015 | |
| 72 | Uruguay | 14.93% | 2011 | |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 14.5% | 2017 | |
| 74 | Malawi | 14.34% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Fiji | 14.3% | 2013 | |
| 76 | Latvia | 14.13% | 2015 | |
| 77 | Australia | 14.08% | 2015 | |
| 78 | India | 14.05% | 2013 | |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 13.92% | 2016 | |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.91% | 2003 | |
| 81 | Mali | 13.9% | 2016 | |
| 82 | Czech Republic | 13.88% | 2015 | |
| 83 | Pakistan | 13.85% | 2017 | |
| 84 | Denmark | 13.83% | 2014 | |
| 85 | Lesotho | 13.8% | 2018 | |
| 86 | Albania | 13.6% | 2016 | |
| 87 | United States | 13.59% | 2014 | |
| 88 | Mongolia | 13.49% | 2017 | |
| 89 | Guinea | 13.38% | 2017 | |
| 90 | Argentina | 13.38% | 2016 | |
| 91 | Kuwait | 13.37% | 2006 | |
| 92 | Niger | 13.25% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Philippines | 13.21% | 2009 | |
| 94 | Malta | 13.15% | 2015 | |
| 95 | Haiti | 13.13% | 2016 | |
| 96 | Republic of Ireland | 13.03% | 2015 | |
| 97 | Panama | 13.02% | 2011 | |
| 98 | Estonia | 12.97% | 2015 | |
| 99 | Georgia | 12.95% | 2017 | |
| 100 | Barbados | 12.88% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Turkey | 12.84% | 2015 | |
| 102 | China | 12.63% | 1999 | |
| 103 | Ecuador | 12.6% | 2015 | |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 12.58% | 2007 | |
| 105 | Jordan | 12.53% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Yemen | 12.49% | 2008 | |
| 107 | Chad | 12.46% | 2013 | |
| 108 | Finland | 12.41% | 2015 | |
| 109 | Ukraine | 12.35% | 2016 | |
| 110 | Djibouti | 12.33% | 2010 | |
| 111 | Lithuania | 12.29% | 2015 | |
| 112 | Belarus | 12.28% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Netherlands | 12.25% | 2015 | |
| 114 | Canada | 12.22% | 2011 | |
| 115 | Laos | 12.19% | 2014 | |
| 116 | Belgium | 12.17% | 2015 | |
| 117 | Uganda | 12.01% | 2017 | |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 11.78% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Seychelles | 11.72% | 2016 | |
| 120 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 11.71% | 2017 | |
| 121 | Poland | 11.58% | 2015 | |
| 122 | Kiribati | 11.52% | 2001 | |
| 123 | Brunei | 11.44% | 2016 | |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 11.44% | 2013 | |
| 125 | Algeria | 11.43% | 2008 | |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 11.42% | 2017 | |
| 127 | Bangladesh | 11.42% | 2016 | |
| 128 | Maldives | 11.29% | 2016 | |
| 129 | Gabon | 11.23% | 2014 | |
| 130 | Slovenia | 11.22% | 2015 | |
| 131 | Rwanda | 11.08% | 2017 | |
| 132 | Germany | 10.99% | 2015 | |
| 133 | Egypt | 10.94% | 2008 | |
| 134 | Russia | 10.87% | 2015 | |
| 135 | Sudan | 10.78% | 2009 | |
| 136 | Austria | 10.69% | 2015 | |
| 137 | San Marino | 10.64% | 2011 | |
| 138 | Dominica | 10.52% | 2015 | |
| 139 | Samoa | 10.48% | 2016 | |
| 140 | Gambia | 10.36% | 2016 | |
| 141 | Slovakia | 10.28% | 2015 | |
| 142 | Armenia | 10.2% | 2016 | |
| 143 | Portugal | 10.15% | 2015 | |
| 144 | Spain | 9.77% | 2015 | |
| 145 | France | 9.62% | 2015 | |
| 146 | Croatia | 9.49% | 2013 | |
| 147 | Luxembourg | 9.43% | 2015 | |
| 148 | Myanmar | 9.41% | 2018 | |
| 149 | Mauritania | 9.33% | 2016 | |
| 150 | Hungary | 9.14% | 2015 | |
| 151 | Japan | 9.13% | 2016 | |
| 152 | Romania | 9.08% | 2015 | |
| 153 | Qatar | 8.88% | 2017 | |
| 154 | Cambodia | 8.79% | 2014 | |
| 155 | Greece | 8.7% | 2005 | |
| 156 | Serbia | 8.69% | 2016 | |
| 157 | Angola | 8.68% | 2010 | |
| 158 | Republic of Macedonia | 8.64% | 2002 | |
| 159 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 8.64% | 2015 | |
| 160 | Lebanon | 8.58% | 2013 | |
| 161 | Azerbaijan | 8.2% | 2016 | |
| 162 | Libya | 8.14% | 1999 | |
| 163 | Italy | 8.11% | 2015 | |
| 164 | Republic of the Congo | 7.95% | 2015 | |
| 165 | Central African Republic | 7.83% | 2011 | |
| 166 | Namibia | 7.64% | 2014 | |
| 167 | Bahrain | 7.18% | 2017 | |
| 168 | Liberia | 7.06% | 2017 | |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.93% | 2009 | |
| 170 | East Timor | 6.77% | 2014 | |
| 171 | Zambia | 5.65% | 2008 | |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.25% | 1998 | |
| 173 | Eritrea | 5.17% | 2006 | |
| 174 | South Sudan | 1.07% | 2017 |