Based on a comparison of 115 countries in 2019, Sierra Leone ranked the highest in public spending on education as a share of government expenditure with 33.9% followed by Costa Rica and Guatemala. On the other end of the scale was South Sudan with 0.875%, Monaco with 6.98% and Bahrain with 7.18%.
Data for more countries are available at Public Spending on Education (As % of Government Expenditure) indicator page.
| Public Spending on Education (As % of Government Expenditure) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.2% | 22.2% | 21.6% | 20.6% | 21.3% | ... | |||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.2% | 17.8% | 26.4% | 26.2% | 24.0% | ... | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.2% | 19.4% | 18.0% | ... | 21.4% | ... | |||||||
| Chile | % | ... | 19.6% | 19.9% | 19.6% | 21.2% | 21.3% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | % | ... | 22.8% | 23.1% | 23.4% | 23.4% | 30.2% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20.6% | 22.0% | 24.1% | 23.4% | 23.1% | ||||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.9% | 25.7% | 24.6% | 22.9% | 22.0% | ... | |
| Hong Kong | % | ... | ... | 20.3% | 17.6% | 18.6% | 18.1% | 17.8% | ||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 21.7% | 19.7% | 18.6% | 19.3% | 20.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | ... | 25.7% | 24.8% | 23.8% | 21.3% | 21.0% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | ... | ... | 15.2% | 15.1% | ... | 12.5% | 19.9% | ||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17.3% | ... | ... | 24.4% | ... | ||||||||
| Togo | % | 16.6% | 17.4% | 16.7% | 16.0% | 23.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Uzbekistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 23.3% | 23.5% | 23.6% | 23.9% | 23.0% | ... | ... |
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