Education expenditure: country ranking
14 countries ranked from the highest to the lowest value · World Bank, 2022
Total spending on education as % of GDP; measures the national effort for schools and universities.
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 6.2 % GDP |
| 2 | Brazil | 5.6 % GDP |
| 3 | South Korea | 5.4 % GDP |
| 4 | France | 5.3 % GDP |
| 5 | Germany | 5.2 % GDP |
| 6 | Australia | 5.1 % GDP |
| 7 | Canada | 4.8 % GDP |
| 8 | Argentina | 4.8 % GDP |
| 9 | India | 4.1 % GDP |
| 10 | Italy | 4.1 % GDP |
| 11 | Mexico | 4.1 % GDP |
| 12 | Russia | 4.1 % GDP |
| 13 | Turkey | 3.1 % GDP |
| 14 | Indonesia | 0.9 % GDP |
Not yet published for 2022: China, United Kingdom, Japan, Saudi Arabia, United States.
How to read this ranking
Every value comes from one harmonised source (World Bank) and covers the same period, 2022. It can differ from the national figure shown on each country's card.
Countries are ordered from the highest to the lowest value: a higher rank is neither better nor worse.
Countries with the same value share a rank. A country with no value for 2022 is not ranked on another year.