Based on a comparison of 73 countries in 2018, Costa Rica ranked the highest in public spending on education as a share of GDP with 7.43% followed by Kyrgyzstan and Belize. On the other end of the scale was South Sudan with 0.981%, Monaco with 1.37% and Dem. Republic of the Congo with 1.47%.
Data for more countries are available at Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Argentina | % | 5.35% | 5.44% | 5.36% | 5.78% | 5.57% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.22% | 6.48% | 6.72% | 7.06% | ... | ||||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.34% | 5.59% | 5.90% | 7.39% | 6.81% | ... | |||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | ... | 6.69% | 6.85% | 6.87% | 7.08% | 7.12% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Guyana | % | ... | ... | 3.18% | 3.39% | 5.85% | 5.27% | 6.06% | ... | |||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.87% | 7.09% | 6.41% | 6.30% | ... | |
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 7.38% | 6.78% | 5.53% | 5.99% | 6.59% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Moldova | % | ... | 8.35% | 8.45% | 7.46% | ... | 6.66% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | % | ... | ... | 7.15% | 6.70% | 6.35% | 6.34% | 6.30% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Oman | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.96% | ... | ... | 6.11% | ... | |||||||||||
| Senegal | % | ... | 5.93% | 7.24% | 7.40% | 7.11% | 6.63% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | ... | 6.37% | 6.01% | 6.05% | 5.96% | 5.94% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 5.85% | 5.62% | 5.69% | 5.63% | 5.54% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.28% | 7.32% | 7.08% | 6.91% | ... |
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