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Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%)
· higher is better · 196 countries
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global DatabaseUN Terms of Use — non-commercial (SDG Global Database); redistribution deferred pending clearanceupdated 2025
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League table
60 shown- 1Kenya28.5
- 2Namibia24.6
- 3Bhutan22.2
- 4Senegal20.9
- 5Dominican Republic20.9
- 6Sierra Leone20.5
- 7Eswatini19.2
- 8South Africa19.1
- 9Benin18
- 10Zimbabwe17.9
- 11Tunisia17.3
- 12Guatemala17.3
- 13Tuvalu16.8
- 14Puerto Rico (US)16
- 15El Salvador15.9
- 16Algeria15.5
- 17Ecuador15.5
- 18Philippines15.2
- 19Korea, Dem. People's Rep.14.6
- 20Zambia14.5
- 21Gambia, The14.2
- 22Barbados14.2
- 23Rwanda13.9
- 24Kuwait13.8
- 25Fiji13.8
- 26British Virgin Islands13.6
- 27Haiti13.2
- 28St. Lucia12.7
- 29Thailand12.6
- 30Trinidad and Tobago12.6
- 31Andorra12.1
- 32Singapore12
- 33Azerbaijan11.9
- 34Bangladesh11.9
- 35Samoa11.7
- 36Paraguay11.7
- 37Cambodia11.6
- 38Comoros11.5
- 39Grenada11.4
- 40St. Kitts and Nevis11
- 41Nepal10.8
- 42Seychelles10.7
- 43Bahamas, The10.6
- 44Indonesia10.6
- 45Burundi10.3
- 46Turks and Caicos Islands9.8
- 47Maldives9.6
- 48Guinea9.2
- 49Palau9.1
- 50Armenia8.7
- 51Lebanon8.6
- 52Gibraltar8.6
- 53Bahrain8.3
- 54Somalia, Fed. Rep.8.1
- 55Guyana7.2
- 56Naoero6.6
- 57Angola6.5
- 58Antigua and Barbuda5.9
- 59Dominica5.8
- 60Timor-Leste4.3
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%)