Education Share of Government Budget by Country 2023

About This Dataset

This chart ranks countries by education spending as a share of total government expenditure in 2023. It measures how much of the state budget is devoted to education, rather than how much is spent relative to the size of the economy.

✨ AI Insight

Kenya leads with 25% of all government spending going to education, meaning one in every four shillings the state spends goes to schools and universities. The Solomon Islands follow on 23.2% and Sint Maarten on 23%. What makes this ranking valuable is that no wealthy Western nation appears: developing economies dominate, with Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan and Paraguay all above 21%. This reflects two forces at once, a genuine political priority on education and the fact that these states spend far less on pensions, healthcare and debt servicing than rich countries do, leaving education a larger slice of a smaller pie. Every country listed devotes more than a fifth of its budget to education.

Source: World Bank (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)

Key Findings

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Kenya leads with 25 in 2023.

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Average value in 2023: 23 · median: 23.

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Gap in 2023: Kenya is 1.2× larger than Kiribati.