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World Education spending (% of GDP) Ranking Map In the available data, Kiribati has the highest recorded value at 16.4% (rank #1); Japan ranks #130 at 3.3%. Coverage: 192 countries and territories. Reference years: Kiribati 2023; Japan 2021. This is government education spending as a share of GDP, not spending per student or a direct measure of outcomes.
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Compare education spending (% of gdp) across the world. Compare education spending (% of gdp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 3.3%
Japan, world rank 130 for Education spending (% of GDP), 3.3%
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× JPN Bottom 40% / 2021
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Education spending (% of GDP)Rankings 130/192 3.3%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #130 for education spending (% of gdp). Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Kiribati 16.4% 2 Tuvalu 12.8% 3 Micronesia 11.6% 4 Namibia 9.1% 5 Algeria 9%
192 Somalia 0% 191 Nigeria 0.3% 190 Zimbabwe 0.4% 189 Papua New Guinea 0.8% 188 Haiti 1% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Education spending (% of GDP) ranking map Compare education spending (% of gdp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 192 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Kiribati (16.4%), #2 Tuvalu (12.8%), #3 Micronesia (11.6%)
Japan’s position World #130 (3.3%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Education spending (% of GDP) Full ranking192 countries #19 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6.5% Profile #107 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3.9% Profile #109 United Arab Emirates 3.9% Profile #129 Republic of the Congo 3.3% Profile #133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2% Profile #139 British Virgin Islands 3.2% Profile #146 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.9% Profile #153 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.8% Profile #179 Central African Republic 1.8% Profile