Countries That Spend the Most on Education 2023
About This Dataset
Countries That Spend the Most on Education 2023
Countries ranked by education spending (% of GDP) in 2023, using World Bank figures for the 82 countries that reported that year. Kiribati leads on 16.39, ahead of Tuvalu (12.85) and Solomon Islands (8.29). Government expenditure on education as a share of GDP. A small economy can post a high share while spending little per pupil, so this measures priority within the budget, not the amount spent.
Analysis
Kiribati (16.39), Tuvalu (12.85) and Solomon Islands (8.29) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 16.39 down to 5.03, a spread of 11.36. Kiribati is 1.28 times Tuvalu, the country in second place. 3 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 8.20 or more. The chart shows the twenty highest of 82 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Kiribati leads in Education Spending (% of GDP) with 16.39 in 2023.
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Average Education Spending (% of GDP) in 2023: 7 · median: 6.
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Gap in 2023: Kiribati is 3.3× larger than Sao Tome and Principe.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2023 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Education Spending (% of GDP)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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