Sierra Leone is the top country by public expenditure on education in the world. As of 2019, public expenditure on education in Sierra Leone was 33.9 %. The top 5 countries also includes Guatemala, Turkmenistan, Hong Kong, and South Africa.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Public expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure is the total public education expenditure (current and capital) expressed as a percentage of total government expenditure for all sectors in a given financial year. Public education expenditure includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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| Cabo Verde | 14.4 | 15.2 | 15.0 | ||||||||
| Cambodia | 11.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | ||||
| Cameroon | 11.7 | 21.4 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 13.8 | 16.9 | ||||
| Canada | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.2 | ||||||
| Central African Republic | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 7.8 | ||||||
| Chad | 12.8 | 14.7 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 12.5 | |||||
| Chile | 16.4 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 19.9 | 18.9 | |||
| Colombia | 13.3 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 16.0 | ||
| Comoros | 21.4 | 18.5 | 16.1 | 18.9 | 15.3 | ||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 9.0 | 16.9 | |||||||||
| Congo, Rep. | 7.6 | 29.0 | 15.6 | ||||||||
| Costa Rica | 18.8 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 22.8 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 26.1 | |||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 20.8 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 21.2 | 18.3 | ||
| Croatia | 9.0 | 8.5 | 9.6 | ||||||||
| Cyprus | 14.3 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 15.5 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.6 | |||||
| Denmark | 15.3 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 15.2 | |||||
| Djibouti | 29.4 | 22.7 | 12.3 | 14.0 | |||||||
| Dominica | 9.4 | ||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 13.0 | ||||||||||
| Ecuador | 5.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 12.8 | ||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 14.4 | ||||||||||
| El Salvador | 13.3 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 16.6 | 14.9 | ||
| Estonia | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 14.3 | ||||
| Ethiopia | 14.9 | 26.3 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 27.0 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 21.4 | 18.4 | 21.0 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 17.9 | ||
| Maldives | 13.0 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 10.1 | 12.9 | ||||
| Malta | 15.7 | 18.9 | 15.3 | 18.8 | |||||||
| Marshall Islands | 15.0 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 19.8 | 22.2 | 19.4 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 16.9 | 19.1 | ||||
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 10.0 | 20.7 | |||||||||
| Moldova | 12.9 | 19.3 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 18.8 | 17.5 | ||||
| Monaco | 6.3 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 5.0 | |||||
| Mongolia | 16.1 | 14.7 | 12.2 | ||||||||
| Nepal | 19.1 | 22.3 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 14.1 | ||
| Netherlands | 11.0 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.0 | |||
| New Zealand | 18.0 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 18.0 | ||||
| Nicaragua | 14.6 | 22.8 | |||||||||
| Norway | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 17.5 | 17.0 | ||||
| Gambia, The | 11.9 | 5.3 | 17.6 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 10.3 | 11.2 | ||||
| Ghana | 23.4 | 20.9 | 30.0 | 36.7 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 18.6 | ||||
| Guinea | 15.2 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 14.3 | 9.5 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 14.9 | |||
| Guinea-Bissau | 10.0 | 10.6 | 14.5 | 16.2 | |||||||
| Azerbaijan | 18.5 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | |||
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 30.8 | 22.6 | 15.5 | 18.8 | |||||||
| Georgia | 12.5 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 13.0 | ||||||
| Tanzania | 18.1 | 19.6 | 17.3 | 20.6 | |||||||
| Togo | 24.4 | 17.7 | 19.6 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 21.8 | ||
| Bangladesh | 11.2 | 20.5 | 16.8 | 15.6 | 13.8 | 9.3 | |||||
| Kenya | 23.4 | 27.5 | 20.6 | 19.3 | 19.9 | 19.1 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 19.1 | ||
| Belize | 16.1 | 23.1 | 23.0 | 20.9 | 21.4 | ||||||
| Lesotho | 19.2 | 32.4 | 13.9 | ||||||||
| Jordan | 9.8 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 20.6 | 22.3 | 18.8 | 19.1 | 17.4 | 21.7 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 21.1 | ||
| Mauritius | 11.2 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 20.9 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Mozambique | 22.7 | 19.8 | 19.0 | 17.9 | |||||||
| Madagascar | 15.9 | 18.0 | 19.8 | 20.3 | 14.0 | 19.8 | |||||
| Peru | 15.3 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 17.5 | |
| Niger | 18.8 | 18.1 | 21.7 | 19.2 | 18.1 | 21.7 | 16.8 | ||||
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 18.5 | 22.5 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 20.3 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 20.3 | |
| Senegal | 17.6 | 21.8 | 24.0 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 25.7 | 24.8 | 21.5 | |||
| Qatar | 9.7 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 8.6 | |||
| Guyana | 17.7 | 13.8 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 10.3 | 16.0 | |||||
| Uruguay | 8.3 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 15.2 | |||||||
| Kazakhstan | 10.2 | 11.9 | 13.9 | ||||||||
| Uganda | 10.4 | 10.1 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 10.9 | ||||
| Benin | 13.5 | 18.8 | 26.1 | 25.0 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 17.5 | 17.7 | |||
| Zambia | 8.4 | 7.7 | 17.0 | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 8.6 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.3 | ||||
| Serbia | 10.5 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.8 | ||||||
| Mauritania | 16.0 | 13.7 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 9.5 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 16.8 | 14.3 | 16.1 | 18.6 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 21.8 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 17.3 | |
| Malawi | 12.5 | 15.1 | 20.4 | 16.3 | 21.6 | 15.8 | |||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 12.1 | 19.3 | 13.7 | 18.8 | 12.3 | 20.1 | |||||
| Rwanda | 21.1 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 12.5 | 10.8 | ||||
| Bhutan | 13.8 | 22.8 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 15.6 | 17.0 | 25.5 | 22.8 | |||
| Guatemala | 19.3 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 22.0 | 24.1 | 23.7 | 24.2 | |||
| Sierra Leone | 20.7 | 15.5 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 14.1 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 32.5 | 33.9 | ||
| South Africa | 19.9 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 20.6 | 19.2 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 19.5 | |||
| Burkina Faso | 19.5 | 17.3 | 20.3 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 22.7 | |||
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 13.7 | 11.1 | 8.8 | ||||||||
| St. Lucia | 16.3 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 15.3 | 16.5 | 14.4 | |||
| Sweden | 8.3 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.9 | |||
| Switzerland | 17.5 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.5 | |||
| Tajikistan | 12.0 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 16.3 | |||||
| Thailand | 28.4 | 20.5 | 16.2 | 22.6 | 21.4 | 18.9 | |||||
| Timor-Leste | 12.9 | 9.6 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 7.9 | |||||
| Tonga | 23.0 | ||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14.1 | 10.4 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 25.0 | 26.7 | 24.4 | 20.6 | |||||||
| Turkey | 7.1 | 11.1 | 12.4 | ||||||||
| Turkmenistan | 20.8 | 22.8 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 11.4 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 13.1 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 11.2 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 13.9 | |||
| United States | 15.1 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 14.5 | |||||
| Vanuatu | 27.5 | 21.6 | 22.3 | ||||||||
| Venezuela, RB | 11.4 | ||||||||||
| Vietnam | 17.1 | 17.9 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 14.5 | ||||||
| Liberia | 8.1 | 8.1 | |||||||||
| Mali | 15.3 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 18.3 | 22.4 | 16.6 | 18.2 | ||||
| Namibia | 21.9 | 26.2 | |||||||||
| Seychelles | 10.4 | ||||||||||
| South Sudan | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Burundi | 13.4 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 15.0 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 19.9 | ||||
| Andorra | 19.3 | ||||||||||
| Myanmar | 10.3 | 10.5 | |||||||||
| Macao SAR, China | 10.5 | 15.4 | 17.3 | 21.2 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 14.7 | ||||
| Honduras | 19.2 | 23.0 | |||||||||
| San Marino | 10.8 | 10.6 | 14.0 | ||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 8.7 | ||||||||||
| Haiti | 14.4 | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 8.7 | 29.2 | 28.7 | 30.0 | 19.0 | ||||||
| Oman | 9.0 | 10.1 | 11.1 | ||||||||
| Pakistan | 8.5 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 13.2 | |||
| Palau | 13.8 | ||||||||||
| Panama | 19.8 | 13.0 | |||||||||
| Paraguay | 7.9 | 21.6 | 18.8 | 23.3 | 19.6 | ||||||
| Philippines | 15.2 | 12.4 | |||||||||
| Poland | 11.9 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.6 | ||||
| Portugal | 10.3 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 9.9 | |||
| Puerto Rico | 21.6 | ||||||||||
| Romania | 8.2 | 10.8 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.2 | |||||
| Russian Federation | 9.0 | 12.0 | 11.1 | ||||||||
| Samoa | 10.5 | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 17.8 | 19.3 | |||||||||
| Singapore | 18.3 | 19.8 | 17.2 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 20.0 | |||||
| Slovak Republic | 7.4 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.2 | ||||
| Slovenia | 13.3 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 10.0 | ||||||
| Solomon Islands | 17.5 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 10.1 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.6 | |||
| Yemen, Rep. | 30.5 | ||||||||||
| Angola | 5.3 | 8.0 | 8.7 | ||||||||
| Argentina | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 14.7 | ||||
| Armenia | 13.6 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 10.7 | ||||
| Australia | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 14.0 | 13.9 | |||
| Austria | 10.9 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 10.5 | |||
| Bahamas, The | 18.9 | ||||||||||
| Bahrain | 8.9 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | |||||||
| Barbados | 14.0 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 14.2 | |||||
| Belarus | 13.0 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 11.2 | ||||
| Belgium | 11.2 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.0 | ||||||
| Bolivia | 18.7 | 24.1 | 19.5 | 17.8 | 16.3 | 16.8 | |||||
| Botswana | 16.5 | 25.8 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 11.5 | 11.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.0 | |||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 8.7 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.0 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 12.1 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.4 | ||||||
| Ireland | 12.0 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 13.5 | ||||
| Israel | 12.9 | 12.7 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.3 | ||||
| Italy | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | |||||
| Japan | 9.9 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.3 | ||||
| Kiribati | 15.3 | ||||||||||
| Kuwait | 13.9 | ||||||||||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 11.6 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 16.1 | ||||
| Lao PDR | 7.3 | 13.7 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 12.8 | 12.2 | ||||
| Latvia | 14.6 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 18.7 | 14.0 | |||||
| Lebanon | 8.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 8.6 | ||||||
| Lithuania | 14.6 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 13.5 | 13.3 | ||||||
| Luxembourg | 9.3 | 9.6 | |||||||||
| Fiji | 20.5 | 18.8 | 14.9 | 14.0 | |||||||
| Finland | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.3 | |||
| France | 9.7 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 9.7 | ||||
| Gabon | 17.7 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 11.4 | |||||
| Germany | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 11.1 | ||||||
| Greece | 6.4 | 6.9 | 8.7 | ||||||||
| Hungary | 10.3 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 9.4 | |||||
| Iceland | 11.6 | 15.7 | 17.8 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 17.3 | 17.7 | ||||
| India | 17.5 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.1 | |||||
| Indonesia | 15.1 | 16.7 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 20.5 | ||||
| Sudan | 9.1 | 6.0 | |||||||||
| Swaziland | 23.5 | 18.7 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 22.3 | 24.9 | |||||
| Afghanistan | 17.1 | 16.0 | 10.4 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | |||||
| Albania | 10.1 | 11.4 | 12.1 |