Education Spending (QoG)
Education Spending. Quality of Government Institute (University of Gothenburg), 2016–2023.
Source: Quality of Government Institute (University of Gothenburg) Licence: Open — academic use Unit: % of GDP Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗
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Avg (2023)
2.8
-0.30pp vs 2022
Improving
12
of 161 tracked
Declining
63
period over period
Stable
79
±0.5pp band
Education Spending
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2016–2023.
South AsiaEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaAmericasEast Asia & Pacific
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 7.3 | +7.3pp |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 5.2 | +5.2pp |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 5.1 | +5.1pp |
| 🇨🇳 China | 4 | +4.0pp |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 3.7 | +3.7pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇦 Namibia | 0 | -9.4pp |
| 🇨🇺 Cuba | 0 | -8.4pp |
| 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 0 | -7.7pp |
| 🇮🇸 Iceland | 0 | -7.3pp |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 0 | -7.3pp |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Middle East & North Africa -0.10pp
Sub-Saharan Africa -0.10pp
South Asia -0.20pp
East Asia & Pacific -0.30pp
Europe & Central Asia -0.50pp
Americas -0.50pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Asia & Pacific | 20 | 5 | -0.30pp |
| Middle East & North Africa | 9 | 4.2 | -0.10pp |
| Europe & Central Asia | 16 | 4 | -0.50pp |
| Americas | 26 | 3.8 | -0.50pp |
| South Asia | 6 | 3.5 | -0.20pp |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 35 | 3.5 | -0.10pp |
Education Spending (QoG) — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Education Spending | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 16.4 | +1.6pp |
| 2 | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 12.8 | -1.0pp |
| 3 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 8.3 | +0.70pp |
| 4 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 8.3 | -0.20pp |
| 5 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 7.6 | -3.1pp |
| 6 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 7.3 | — |
| 7 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 6.8 | -0.40pp |
| 8 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 6.7 | -0.10pp |
| 9 | 🇲🇩 Moldova (the Republic of) | 6.6 | +0.50pp |
| 10 | 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.5 | -0.60pp |
| 11 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 6.2 | +0.20pp |
| 12 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 6.1 | -0.10pp |
| 13 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 6.1 | -0.10pp |
| 14 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 6 | +0.10pp |
| 15 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 5.9 | +1.1pp |
| 16 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 5.8 | -1.7pp |
| 17 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 5.7 | +0.30pp |
| 18 | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 5.7 | -0.20pp |
| 19 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 5.6 | +0.90pp |
| 20 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 5.5 | +0.30pp |
| 21 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 5.4 | 0.00pp |
| 22 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 5.3 | +0.10pp |
| 23 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 5.3 | 0.00pp |
| 24 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 5.2 | +0.50pp |
| 25 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 5.2 | — |
| 26 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 5.1 | +1.1pp |
| 27 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 5.1 | — |
| 28 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 5 | +0.40pp |
| 29 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 5 | -1.6pp |
| 30 | 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 5 | -0.20pp |
| 31 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 5 | -0.60pp |
| 32 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 4.9 | +0.20pp |
| 33 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 4.8 | +0.40pp |
| 34 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 4.8 | +0.30pp |
| 35 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 4.7 | -1.3pp |
| 36 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 4.7 | +3.3pp |
| 37 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 4.6 | -0.20pp |
| 38 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 4.5 | 0.00pp |
| 39 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 4.5 | +0.80pp |
| 40 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | 4.3 | -0.40pp |
| 41 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 4.2 | -0.40pp |
| 42 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 4.2 | +0.30pp |
| 43 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 4.2 | +0.20pp |
| 44 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 4.2 | +0.40pp |
| 45 | 🇷🇺 Russian Federation (the) | 4.2 | +0.10pp |
| 46 | 🇳🇪 Niger (the) | 4.1 | +0.40pp |
| 47 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 4.1 | +0.30pp |
| 48 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 4.1 | +0.40pp |
| 49 | 🇨🇳 China | 4 | — |
| 50 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 4 | -0.50pp |
| 51 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 4 | -0.10pp |
| 52 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 3.9 | +0.30pp |
| 53 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 3.8 | -0.30pp |
| 54 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (the) | 3.8 | +0.20pp |
| 55 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 3.7 | +0.70pp |
| 56 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 3.7 | -0.10pp |
| 57 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 3.7 | — |
| 58 | 🇵🇭 Philippines (the) | 3.6 | 0.00pp |
| 59 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 3.5 | +0.30pp |
| 60 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 3.5 | 0.00pp |
| 61 | 🇵🇼 Palau | 3.5 | -0.10pp |
| 62 | 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.5 | -0.10pp |
| 63 | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 3.4 | -0.10pp |
| 64 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 3.4 | 0.00pp |
| 65 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 3.4 | +0.30pp |
| 66 | 🇨🇬 Congo (the) | 3.3 | +0.60pp |
| 67 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania, the United Republic of | 3.3 | +0.10pp |
| 68 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.2 | +0.20pp |
| 69 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 3.2 | +0.60pp |
| 70 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 3.2 | +0.10pp |
| 71 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 3.2 | -0.10pp |
| 72 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 3.1 | +0.40pp |
| 73 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 3.1 | +0.60pp |
| 74 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 3.1 | -0.10pp |
| 75 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 3 | -0.10pp |
| 76 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | +0.30pp |
| 77 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 2.9 | -0.80pp |
| 78 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 2.9 | -0.90pp |
| 79 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 2.9 | -0.50pp |
| 80 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 2.8 | +0.10pp |
| 81 | 🇬🇲 Gambia (the) | 2.8 | -0.10pp |
| 82 | 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.8 | +0.10pp |
| 83 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas (the) | 2.7 | +0.10pp |
| 84 | 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | 2.7 | -1.9pp |
| 85 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 2.7 | -0.90pp |
| 86 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 2.6 | -2.3pp |
| 87 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 2.5 | +0.10pp |
| 88 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 2.5 | -0.90pp |
| 89 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 2.5 | -0.10pp |
| 90 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 2.4 | -0.10pp |
| 91 | 🇰🇲 Comoros (the) | 2.3 | -0.10pp |
| 92 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 2.3 | +0.10pp |
| 93 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 2.3 | 0.00pp |
| 94 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 2.2 | +0.10pp |
| 95 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 2.2 | +0.20pp |
| 96 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 2.1 | -0.40pp |
| 97 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 1.9 | -0.70pp |
| 98 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 1.9 | +0.20pp |
| 99 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1.9 | -0.10pp |
| 100 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic (the) | 1.8 | -0.30pp |
| 101 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 1.8 | +0.60pp |
| 102 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 1.7 | -0.30pp |
| 103 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 1.7 | +0.50pp |
| 104 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 1.5 | +0.20pp |
| 105 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 1.3 | +0.40pp |
| 106 | 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) | 1.2 | -0.30pp |
| 107 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 1 | 0.00pp |
| 108 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 0.8 | +0.20pp |
| 109 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 0.4 | — |
| 110 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 0.3 | 0.00pp |
| 111 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 0 | 0.00pp |
| 112 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 | — |