Based on a comparison of 153 countries in 2021, Bolivia ranked the highest in public spending on education as a share of GDP with 9.84% followed by Namibia and Sierra Leone. On the other end of the scale was Cuba with < 0.001%, Somalia with 0.270% and Monaco with 1.15%.
Data for more countries are available at Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.96% | 7.34% | 6.51% | 5.87% | 6.10% | ... | ||||||||
| Belgium | % | 6.45% | 6.46% | 6.43% | 6.38% | 6.34% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.87% | 7.29% | 7.45% | 7.47% | 7.14% | |||||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.27% | 6.99% | 7.40% | 6.80% | 5.68% | ||||||||||||
| Bolivia | % | ... | ... | ... | 8.94% | 8.85% | 8.66% | 8.90% | 7.67% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.81% | 7.97% | 7.30% | 6.72% | 6.91% | ... | ||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | 6.87% | 6.89% | 7.07% | 6.77% | 6.80% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 7.46% | 7.43% | 7.58% | 7.56% | 7.55% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 5.86% | 5.86% | 6.06% | 6.11% | 6.13% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | 9.00% | 7.76% | 8.16% | 7.29% | 7.99% | |||||||||||||
| Morocco | % | ... | ... | 4.65% | 5.49% | 5.12% | 5.35% | 5.93% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.85% | 10.6% | 9.71% | 8.88% | 8.93% | ||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8.51% | 8.02% | 7.09% | 6.79% | ... | ||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | ... | 3.06% | 3.06% | 4.66% | 6.99% | 7.45% | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 7.44% | 7.62% | 7.57% | 7.64% | 7.64% | ... |
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