Afghanistan vs Peru: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Afghanistan

4.3%

in 2017

Peru

4.4%

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

90th

Peru rank

88th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Peru currently reports 4.4% against 4.3% in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Globally, Afghanistan ranks 90th and Peru ranks 88th of 199 countries.

Indicator: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education
Unit: % of GDP
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 5,140 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.