Global Rankings: Social Spending % (2025)

Rank	Country	Value
1	Kenya	28.54
2	Namibia	24.58
3	Bhutan	22.22
4	Senegal	20.91
5	Dominican Republic	20.87
6	Sierra Leone	20.55
7	Eswatini	19.21
8	South Africa	19.14
9	Benin	18.02
10	Zimbabwe	17.90
11	Tunisia	17.28
12	Guatemala	17.27
13	Tuvalu	16.79
14	Puerto Rico	15.96
15	El Salvador	15.89
16	Algeria	15.54
17	Ecuador	15.49
18	Philippines	15.20
19	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	14.63
20	Zambia	14.51
21	Burundi	14.40
22	Gambia	14.21
23	Barbados	14.19
24	Rwanda	13.93
25	Kuwait	13.85
26	Fiji	13.79
27	Virgin Islands, British	13.59
28	Haiti	13.18
29	Saint Lucia	12.75
30	Thailand	12.62
31	Trinidad and Tobago	12.57
32	Andorra	12.13
33	Singapore	11.99
34	Azerbaijan	11.92
35	Bangladesh	11.88
36	Samoa	11.71
37	Paraguay	11.65
38	Cambodia	11.55
39	Comoros	11.52
40	Grenada	11.45
41	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.00
42	Nepal	10.75
43	Seychelles	10.69
44	Bahamas	10.62
45	Indonesia	10.56
46	Turks and Caicos Islands	9.81
47	Maldives	9.65
48	Guinea	9.20
49	Armenia	8.71
50	Lebanon	8.59
51	Gibraltar	8.55
52	Bahrain	8.34
53	Somalia	8.13
54	Guyana	7.24
55	Nauru	6.65
56	Angola	6.52
57	Antigua and Barbuda	5.87
58	Dominica	5.80
59	Timor-Leste	4.33

About This Indicator

General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators