Public Spending on Education (As % of GDP)

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Bolivia
Namibia
Sierra Leone
Botswana
Belize
Lesotho
Saudi Arabia
Iceland
Sweden
Israel
Algeria
Bhutan
Morocco
Costa Rica
Belgium
Source: World Bank
Last Updated: Feb 1, 2023

Based on a comparison of 140 countries in 2021, Bolivia ranked the highest in public spending on education as a share of GDP with 7.67% followed by Namibia and Sierra Leone. On the other end of the scale was Cuba with < 0.001%, Papua New Guinea with 1.68% and Haiti with 1.79%.

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