Based on a comparison of 116 countries in 2019, Norway ranked the highest in public spending on education as a share of GDP with 7.91% followed by Denmark and Sierra Leone. On the other end of the scale was South Sudan with 0.981%, Bangladesh with 1.33% and Dem. Republic of the Congo with 1.45%.
Data for more countries are available at Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) indicator page.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | 6.63% | 6.59% | 6.45% | 6.46% | 6.41% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.43% | 6.61% | 6.89% | 7.28% | 7.51% | ... | ||||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.72% | 6.04% | 7.59% | 6.99% | 7.23% | ... | ||||||||||
| Brazil | % | ... | 5.84% | 5.95% | 6.24% | 6.31% | 6.32% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | 6.85% | 6.87% | 7.08% | 7.10% | 7.32% | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 8.49% | 7.63% | ... | ... | 7.82% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| East Timor | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.67% | 7.52% | 8.43% | 8.05% | 7.06% | ... | ||||||
| Finland | % | 7.12% | 7.10% | 7.03% | 6.85% | 6.38% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 7.49% | 7.69% | 7.51% | 7.50% | 7.66% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.96% | ... | ||||||||||
| Norway | % | 7.49% | 7.70% | 7.57% | 8.03% | 7.91% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.97% | ... | ... | 6.11% | 6.67% | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | ... | ... | 2.38% | 2.66% | ... | 3.06% | 4.64% | ||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 6.01% | 6.05% | 5.96% | 5.94% | 6.11% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 7.61% | 7.57% | 7.44% | 7.62% | 7.57% | ... | ... |
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