The CIA World Factbook Edition 2025, the latest with this field People and Society

Education expenditure In 18 editions of 36.

Education expenditure was published in 18 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2008 to 2025. The 2025 edition carries it in 207 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2025 edition
207
the first edition with it
2008
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Education expenditures” (2008 to 2025) and “Education expenditure” (2025).

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Entries with Education expenditure in each edition

19902000201020202025

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Africa

50 entries

Algeria

5.6% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 15.5% national budget (2025 est.)

Angola

2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 6.5% national budget (2025 est.)

Benin

3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 18% national budget (2025 est.)

Botswana

8.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

  • 21.5% national budget (2020 est.)

Burkina Faso

5.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 20.3% national budget (2023 est.)

Burundi

4.9% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 14.4% national budget (2025 est.)

Cabo Verde

4.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 13.4% national budget (2024 est.)

Cameroon

2.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 13.8% national budget (2024 est.)

Central African Republic

1.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 10% national budget (2023 est.)

Chad

3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 16.5% national budget (2023 est.)

Comoros

2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11.5% national budget (2025 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

2.8% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 13.5% national budget (2017 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

3.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 14.7% national budget (2023 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

3.4% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 17.6% national budget (2024 est.)

Djibouti

3.8% of GDP (2018 est.)

  • 14.5% national budget (2018 est.)

Egypt

3.9% of GDP (2015 est.)

  • 12% national budget (2015 est.)

Eswatini

6% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 19.2% national budget (2025 est.)

Ethiopia

2.3% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 16.7% national budget (2024 est.)

Gabon

2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 13.6% national budget (2023 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 14.2% national budget (2025 est.)

Ghana

2.9% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 13.2% national budget (2022 est.)

Guinea

1.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 9.2% national budget (2025 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

2.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

Kenya

4% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 28.5% national budget (2025 est.)

Lesotho

6.6% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 10.4% national budget (2024 est.)

Liberia

2.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 7.4% national budget (2021 est.)

Madagascar

3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 18% national budget (2019 est.)

Malawi

2.7% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 16% national budget (2024 est.)

Mali

4.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 17.8% national budget (2024 est.)

Mauritania

4.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 32% national budget (2024 est.)

Mauritius

4.1% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 14.2% national budget (2024 est.)

Morocco

6% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 23.3% national budget (2024 est.)

Mozambique

6% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 20.4% national budget (2021 est.)

Namibia

9.1% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 24.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Niger

4.1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 12.8% national budget (2023 est.)

Nigeria

0.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 3% national budget (2024 est.)

Rwanda

4.7% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 13.9% national budget (2025 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 18.1% national budget (2024 est.)

Senegal

6.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 20.9% national budget (2025 est.)

Seychelles

4.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 10.7% national budget (2025 est.)

Sierra Leone

2.6% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 20.5% national budget (2025 est.)

Somalia

0% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 8.1% national budget (2025 est.)

South Africa

6% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 19.1% national budget (2025 est.)

South Sudan

1.6% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • 3.3% national budget (2015 est.)

Tanzania

3.2% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 13.4% national budget (2024 est.)

Togo

4.1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11.6% national budget (2024 est.)

Tunisia

6.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 17.3% national budget (2025 est.)

Uganda

2.6% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 8.5% national budget (2022 est.)

Zambia

4.1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 14.5% national budget (2025 est.)

Zimbabwe

0.4% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 17.9% national budget (2025 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

10.2% of GDP (2019 est.)

Iceland

7.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 15.7% national budget (2022 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

4.3% of GDP (2017 est.)

  • 15.7% national budget (2017 est.)

Armenia

2.4% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 8.7% national budget (2025 est.)

Azerbaijan

3.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11.9% national budget (2025 est.)

Bangladesh

2% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 11.9% national budget (2025 est.)

Bhutan

5.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 22.2% national budget (2025 est.)

China

4% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11.9% national budget (2023 est.)

Georgia

4% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 12.2% national budget (2024 est.)

India

4.1% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 14.2% national budget (2022 est.)

Japan

3.3% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 7.5% national budget (2022 est.)

Kazakhstan

4.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 22% national budget (2024 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

14.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

5.8% of GDP (2022 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

6.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 19.6% national budget (2024 est.)

Maldives

5.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 9.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Mongolia

3.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 13.8% national budget (2024 est.)

Nepal

3.7% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 10.8% national budget (2025 est.)

Pakistan

1.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 9.8% national budget (2023 est.)

Russia

4.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 14.3% national budget (2018 est.)

Sri Lanka

1.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 7.2% national budget (2024 est.)

Tajikistan

5.4% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 19.3% national budget (2024 est.)

Turkmenistan

2.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 29.6% national budget (2024 est.)

Uzbekistan

5.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 22.1% national budget (2024 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

2.5% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 10.3% national budget (2024 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

3.1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 5.9% national budget (2025 est.)

Aruba

3.6% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 11% national budget (2021 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

2.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 10.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Barbados

3.6% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 14.2% national budget (2025 est.)

Belize

4.6% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 18.9% national budget (2024 est.)

British Virgin Islands

3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 13.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Cayman Islands

1.6% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 15% national budget (2019 est.)

Costa Rica

6.2% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 31.2% national budget (2021 est.)

Cuba

8.4% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 17% national budget (2022 est.)

Curacao

7.4% of GDP (2020 est.)

Dominica

5.4% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 5.8% national budget (2025 est.)

Dominican Republic

3.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 20.9% national budget (2025 est.)

El Salvador

3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 15.9% national budget (2025 est.)

Grenada

5.1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11.4% national budget (2025 est.)

Guatemala

3.1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 17.3% national budget (2025 est.)

Haiti

1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 13.2% national budget (2025 est.)

Honduras

4.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 23.2% national budget (2018 est.)

Jamaica

5.5% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 17.9% national budget (2024 est.)

Montserrat

7.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 5.7% national budget (2025 est.)

Nicaragua

2.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11% national budget (2024 est.)

Panama

2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 16.3% national budget (2024 est.)

Puerto Rico

4.3% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 16% national budget (2025 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

3.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11% national budget (2025 est.)

Saint Lucia

3.8% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 12.7% national budget (2025 est.)

Saint Martin

3.9% of GDP (2023 est.) NA

23% national budget (2023 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

6.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 12.6% national budget (2024 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 12.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

2.9% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 9.8% national budget (2025 est.)

Europe

42 entries

Albania

3.1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 10.9% national budget (2023 est.)

Andorra

1.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 12.1% national budget (2025 est.)

Austria

5.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 9.9% national budget (2022 est.)

Belarus

5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 13.2% national budget (2024 est.)

Belgium

6.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 12% national budget (2022 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

3.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 10.2% national budget (2021 est.)

Bulgaria

4.5% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 12% national budget (2022 est.)

Croatia

4.1% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 8.5% national budget (2021 est.)

Czechia

4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 10% national budget (2022 est.)

Denmark

6.4% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 14.2% national budget (2022 est.)

Estonia

5.2% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 13% national budget (2022 est.)

European Union

5% of GDP (2020 est.)

Faroe Islands

7.6% of GDP (2019 est.)

Finland

6.4% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 12.1% national budget (2022 est.)

France

5.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 9.1% national budget (2022 est.)

Germany

5.2% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 10.7% national budget (2022 est.)

Gibraltar

8.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Greece

3.4% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 6.4% national budget (2022 est.)

Hungary

3.8% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 7.8% national budget (2022 est.)

Ireland

2.9% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 12.3% national budget (2021 est.)

Italy

4.1% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 7.4% national budget (2022 est.)

Latvia

4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 9.9% national budget (2022 est.)

Liechtenstein

2.6% of GDP (2011 est.)

Lithuania

4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 11.8% national budget (2022 est.)

Luxembourg

3.7% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 8.5% national budget (2022 est.)

Malta

4.7% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 12.5% national budget (2022 est.)

Moldova

6.6% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 16% national budget (2024 est.)

Monaco

1.7% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 7.7% national budget (2023 est.)

Netherlands

5.2% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 12% national budget (2022 est.)

Norway

5.5% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 14.5% national budget (2022 est.)

Poland

4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 10% national budget (2022 est.)

Portugal

4.6% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 10.4% national budget (2022 est.)

Romania

3.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 8.8% national budget (2022 est.)

San Marino

2.9% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 13% national budget (2023 est.)

Serbia

3.4% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 8.4% national budget (2023 est.)

Slovakia

4.7% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 11% national budget (2022 est.)

Slovenia

5.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 11.1% national budget (2022 est.)

Spain

4.6% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 9.9% national budget (2022 est.)

Sweden

7.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 15.3% national budget (2022 est.)

Switzerland

4.9% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 15.4% national budget (2022 est.)

Ukraine

5.1% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 12.7% national budget (2021 est.)

United Kingdom

5.9% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 11.8% national budget (2021 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Akrotiri

Published as “Education expenditures”

NA

Bahrain

1.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 8.3% national budget (2025 est.)

Cyprus

4.7% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 12.5% national budget (2022 est.)

Dhekelia

Published as “Education expenditures”

NA

Gaza Strip

5.4% of GDP (2021 est.)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Iran

2.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 18.8% national budget (2022 est.)

Iraq

4.7% of GDP (2016)

Israel

5.9% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 16.1% national budget (2022 est.)

Jordan

3.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11.7% national budget (2024 est.)

Kuwait

6.4% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 13.8% national budget (2025 est.)

Lebanon

1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 8.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Oman

4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 14.2% national budget (2022 est.)

Qatar

3.2% of GDP (2020 est.)

  • 9.3% national budget (2020 est.)

Saudi Arabia

5.1% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 14.8% national budget (2024 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

3.1% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 11.3% national budget (2022 est.)

United Arab Emirates

3.9% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 14.8% national budget (2021 est.)

West Bank

5.4% of GDP (2021 est.)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

North America

4 entries

Bermuda

1.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 7.8% national budget (2017 est.)

Canada

4.9% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 10.7% national budget (2022 est.)

Mexico

4.1% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 14.2% national budget (2022 est.)

United States

5.4% of GDP (2021 est.)

  • 11.3% national budget (2021 est.)

Oceania

16 entries

Australia

5.1% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 12.7% national budget (2022 est.)

Cook Islands

3.4% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 9.2% national budget (2025 est.)

Fiji

4.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 13.8% national budget (2025 est.)

Kiribati

16.4% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 20.1% national budget (2024 est.)

Marshall Islands

7.7% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 11.3% national budget (2022 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

11.6% of GDP (2020 est.)

  • 18.6% national budget (2020 est.)

Nauru

5.7% of GDP (2023 est.) NA

6.6% national budget (2025 est.)

New Zealand

5.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 12.7% national budget (2023 est.)

Niue

5.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Palau

3.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 9.8% national budget (2023 est.)

Papua New Guinea

0.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 3.5% national budget (2023 est.)

Samoa

5.5% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 11.7% national budget (2025 est.)

Solomon Islands

8.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 25.2% national budget (2024 est.)

Tonga

5.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 9.3% national budget (2024 est.)

Tuvalu

12.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 16.8% national budget (2025 est.)

Vanuatu

7.6% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 20.1% national budget (2024 est.)

South America

12 entries

Argentina

5.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 14% national budget (2023 est.)

Bolivia

8.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 10.8% national budget (2024 est.)

Brazil

5.6% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 12.9% national budget (2022 est.)

Chile

4.9% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 18.4% national budget (2022 est.)

Colombia

5.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

Ecuador

3.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 15.5% national budget (2025 est.)

Guyana

4.5% of GDP (2018 est.)

  • 7.2% national budget (2025 est.)

Paraguay

3.4% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11.7% national budget (2025 est.)

Peru

4.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 19.2% national budget (2024 est.)

Suriname

2.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 8.6% national budget (2024 est.)

Uruguay

4.8% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 15.6% national budget (2023 est.)

Venezuela

0% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 10.3% national budget (2024 est.)

Southeast Asia

13 entries

Brunei

4.4% of GDP (2016 est.)

  • 11.4% national budget (2016 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

2% of GDP (2019 est.)

  • 9.7% national budget (2019 est.)

Cambodia

2.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 11.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Hong Kong

3.8% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 15.7% national budget (2024 est.)

Indonesia

1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 10.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Laos

1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 8.2% national budget (2024 est.)

Macau

6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

Malaysia

3.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 14.1% national budget (2023 est.)

Philippines

3.6% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 15.2% national budget (2025 est.)

Singapore

2.2% of GDP (2024 est.)

  • 12% national budget (2025 est.)

Thailand

2.5% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 12.6% national budget (2025 est.)

Timor-Leste

5.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

  • 4.3% national budget (2025 est.)

Vietnam

2.9% of GDP (2022 est.)

  • 15.4% national budget (2022 est.)

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