The CIA World Factbook Edition 2021 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 2021 edition carries it in 252 entries, in its People and Society section, under the heading “Education expenditures”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2021 edition
252
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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Africa

55 entries

Algeria

6.1% of GDP (2019)

Angola

1.8% of GDP (2019)

Benin

3% of GDP (2019)

Botswana

6.9% of GDP (2019)

Burkina Faso

5.8% of GDP (2019)

Burundi

5.1% of GDP (2018)

Cabo Verde

4.7% of GDP (2019)

Cameroon

3.1% of GDP (2019)

Central African Republic

1.8% of GDP (2019)

Chad

2.4% of GDP (2019)

Comoros

2.5% of GDP (2015)

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

1.5% of GDP (2017)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

3.9% of GDP (2019)

Cote d'Ivoire

3.7% of GDP (2019)

Djibouti

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Egypt

3.9% of GDP NA (2015)

Equatorial Guinea

NA

Eritrea

NA

Eswatini

5.3% of GDP (2020)

Ethiopia

5.1% of GDP (2018)

Gabon

2.8% of GDP (2019)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2.9% of GDP (2019)

Ghana

4% of GDP (2018)

Guinea

2.2% of GDP (2020)

Guinea-Bissau

2.9% of GDP (2019)

Kenya

5.1% of GDP (2020)

Lesotho

7.4% of GDP (2020)

Liberia

2.3% of GDP (2020)

Libya

NA

Madagascar

2.9% of GDP (2019)

Malawi

2.9% of GDP (2020)

Mali

3.4% of GDP (2019)

Mauritania

1.9% of GDP (2020)

Mauritius

4.6% of GDP (2020)

Morocco

NA

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

6.2% of GDP (2019)

Namibia

9.4% of GDP (2020)

Niger

3.5% of GDP (2019)

Nigeria

NA

Rwanda

3.4% of GDP (2020)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA

Sao Tome and Principe

5.9% of GDP (2019)

Senegal

5.3% of GDP (2019)

Seychelles

3.9% of GDP (2019)

Sierra Leone

9.3% of GDP (2020)

Somalia

NA

South Africa

6.8% of GDP (2020)

South Sudan

1.5% of GDP (2016)

Sudan

NA

Tanzania

3.1% of GDP (2020)

Togo

5% of GDP (2019)

Tunisia

7.3% of GDP (2016)

Uganda

3% of GDP (2020)

Zambia

4.5% of GDP (2019)

Zimbabwe

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Antarctic Region

3 entries

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

NA

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

NA

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

NA

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

10.6% of GDP NA (2018)

Iceland

7.6% of GDP (2018)

Jan Mayen

NA

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

3.2% of GDP (2019)

Armenia

2.7% of GDP (2020)

Azerbaijan

2.7% of GDP (2019)

Bangladesh

1.3% of GDP (2019)

Bhutan

6.9% of GDP (2018)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

3.5% of GDP NA (2018)

Georgia

3.8% of GDP (2020)

India

3.5% of GDP (2016)

Japan

3.2% of GDP (2017)

Kazakhstan

2.9% of GDP (2019)

Korea, North now North Korea

NA

Korea, South now South Korea

4.5% of GDP (2018)

Kyrgyzstan

5.4% of GDP (2019)

Maldives

4.1% of GDP (2019)

Mongolia

4.9% of GDP (2019)

Nepal

4.4% of GDP (2018)

Pakistan

2.5% of GDP (2019)

Russia

4.7% of GDP (2018)

Sri Lanka

2.1% of GDP (2018)

Tajikistan

5.7% of GDP (2019)

Turkmenistan

3.1% of GDP (2019)

Uzbekistan

5.1% of GDP (2020)

Central America and the Caribbean

33 entries

Anguilla

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Antigua and Barbuda

3.3% of GDP (2020)

Aruba

5.5% of GDP (2016)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

2.5% of GDP (2020)

Barbados

4.3% of GDP (2020)

Belize

7.9% of GDP (2020)

British Virgin Islands

2.9% of GDP (2019)

Cayman Islands

NA

Costa Rica

6.7% of GDP (2020)

Cuba

NA

Curacao

4.9% of GDP (2013)

Dominica

5% of GDP (2020)

Dominican Republic

4% of GDP (2019)

El Salvador

3.4% of GDP (2019)

Grenada

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Guatemala

3.3% of GDP (2020)

Haiti

1.7% of GDP (2018)

Honduras

4.9% of GDP (2019)

Jamaica

5.4% of GDP (2020)

Montserrat

9.1% of GDP (2019)

Navassa Island

NA

Nicaragua

3.4% of GDP (2019)

Panama

3.1% of GDP (2019)

Puerto Rico

6.1% of GDP (2014)

Saint Barthelemy

NA

Saint Kitts and Nevis

2.6% of GDP (2015)

Saint Lucia

3.6% of GDP (2020)

Saint Martin

NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

5.7% of GDP (2018)

Sint Maarten

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

3.6% of GDP (2019)

Turks and Caicos Islands

3.5% of GDP (2019)

Virgin Islands

NA

Europe

49 entries

Albania

3.9% of GDP (2019)

Andorra

3.2% of GDP (2019)

Austria

5.2% of GDP (2018)

Belarus

5% of GDP (2020)

Belgium

6.4% of GDP (2018)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NA

Bulgaria

4.1% of GDP (2017)

Croatia

3.9% of GDP (2017)

Czechia

4.3% of GDP (2018)

Denmark

7.8% of GDP (2017)

Estonia

5.2% of GDP (2018)

European Union

4.7% of GDP (2019)

Faroe Islands

8.2% of GDP (2017)

Finland

6.3% of GDP (2018)

France

5.4% of GDP (2018)

Germany

5% of GDP (2018)

Gibraltar

NA

Greece

3.6% of GDP (2018)

Guernsey

NA

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

4.6% of GDP (2018)

Ireland

3.4% of GDP (2018)

Isle of Man

NA

Italy

4.3% of GDP (2018)

Jersey

NA

Kosovo

NA

Latvia

4.2% of GDP (2018)

Liechtenstein

2.6% of GDP (2011)

Lithuania

3.9% of GDP (2018)

Luxembourg

3.7% of GDP (2018)

Malta

4.7% of GDP (2017)

Moldova

6.1% of GDP (2019)

Monaco

1.2% of GDP (2019)

Montenegro

NA

Netherlands

5.4% of GDP (2018)

North Macedonia

NA

Norway

7.6% of GDP (2018)

Poland

4.6% of GDP (2018)

Portugal

4.7% of GDP (2018)

Romania

3.3% of GDP (2018)

San Marino

3.4% of GDP (2019)

Serbia

3.6% of GDP (2019)

Slovakia

4% of GDP (2018)

Slovenia

4.9% of GDP (2018)

Spain

4.2% of GDP (2018)

Sweden

7.6% of GDP (2018)

Switzerland

4.9% of GDP (2018)

Ukraine

5.4% of GDP (2019)

United Kingdom

5.2% of GDP (2018)

Middle East

19 entries

Akrotiri

NA

Bahrain

2.3% of GDP (2017)

Cyprus

5.8% of GDP (2017)

Dhekelia

NA

Gaza Strip

5.3% of GDP (2018)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Iran

3.7% of GDP (2019)

Iraq

NA

Israel

6.2% of GDP (2018)

Jordan

3% of GDP (2019)

Kuwait

6.6% of GDP (2020)

Lebanon

2.6% of GDP (2019)

Oman

5.4% of GDP (2019)

Qatar

3.2% of GDP (2020)

Saudi Arabia

NA

Syria

NA

Turkey now Turkiye

4.3% of GDP (2018)

United Arab Emirates

3.1% of GDP (2019)

West Bank

5.3% of GDP (2018)

note: includes Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Yemen

NA

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

1.3% of GDP (2017)

Canada

5.3% of GDP (2011)

Clipperton Island

NA

Mexico

4.3% of GDP (2018)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA

United States

5% of GDP (2014)

Oceania

28 entries

American Samoa

NA

Australia

5.1% of GDP (2018)

Cook Islands

3.5% of GDP (2019)

Coral Sea Islands

NA

Fiji

5.1% of GDP (2019)

French Polynesia

NA

Guam

NA

Kiribati

12.4% of GDP NA (2019)

Marshall Islands

9.6% of GDP (2019)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

9.7% of GDP (2018)

Nauru

NA

New Caledonia

NA

New Zealand

6% of GDP (2018)

Niue

NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

Palau

NA

Papua New Guinea

1.9% of GDP (2018)

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

4.8% of GDP (2020)

Solomon Islands

10.1% of GDP (2015)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

8% of GDP (2019)

Tuvalu

NA

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

NA

Vanuatu

2.3% of GDP (2020)

Wake Island

NA

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

13 entries

Argentina

4.8% of GDP (2019)

Bolivia

7.3% of GDP (2014)

Brazil

6.1% of GDP (2018)

Chile

5.4% of GDP (2018)

Colombia

4.5% of GDP (2019)

Ecuador

4.1% of GDP (2020)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

4.5% of GDP (2018)

Paraguay

3.5% of GDP (2019)

Peru

4.2% of GDP (2020)

Suriname

7.2% of GDP (2019)

Uruguay

4.7% of GDP (2019)

Venezuela

1.3% of GDP (2017)

Southeast Asia

19 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

NA

Brunei

4.4% of GDP (2016)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

2% of GDP (2019)

Cambodia

2.2% of GDP (2018)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

4.4% of GDP (2020)

Indonesia

2.8% of GDP (2019)

Laos

2.9% of GDP (2014)

Macau

3.1% of GDP (2019)

Malaysia

4.2% of GDP (2019)

Paracel Islands

NA

Philippines

3.2% of GDP (2019)

Singapore

2.5% of GDP (2020)

Spratly Islands

NA

Taiwan

NA

Thailand

3% of GDP (2019)

Timor-Leste

6.8% of GDP (2018)

Vietnam

4.1% of GDP (2019)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2021, “Education expenditure”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/education-expenditure/2021.

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