Bahamas vs Uganda: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Bahamas

2.7%

in 2023

Uganda

2.6%

in 2022

Bahamas rank

162nd

Uganda rank

164th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Bahamas currently reports 2.7% against 2.6% in Uganda, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Bahamas ranks 162nd and Uganda ranks 164th 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.