Government expenditure on education (IMF variant) as percentage of total government expenditure (2023)

Uzbekistan tops the global rankings for government expenditure on education (imf variant) as percentage of total government expenditure, recording 28.51% of govt expenditure in 2023, followed by Kazakhstan (19.95% of govt expenditure) and Kyrgyzstan (19.77% of govt expenditure). Tajikistan (19.67% of govt expenditure) and Chile (19.48% of govt expenditure) complete the top 5. Guatemala (19.35% of govt expenditure) and Nicaragua (19.24% of govt expenditure) follow close behind. Malaysia (18.89% of govt expenditure), Kenya (18.43% of govt expenditure), and Costa Rica (18.04% of govt expenditure) round out the top ten. The spread is substantial: Uzbekistan has 1.6× the figure recorded by Costa Rica (18.04% of govt expenditure). Five of the top ten are in Asia, with four from Central. Among these countries, Uzbekistan saw the largest year-over-year change at +31.7%.