Algeria vs Botswana: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Algeria

9.0%

in 2024

Botswana

8.1%

in 2020

Algeria rank

5th

Botswana rank

8th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Algeria currently reports 9.0% against 8.1% in Botswana, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Algeria ahead.

Globally, Algeria ranks 5th and Botswana ranks 8th 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.