Bahrain vs Myanmar: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Bahrain

1.9%

in 2023

Myanmar

2.0%

in 2019

Bahrain rank

184th

Myanmar rank

181st

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Myanmar currently reports 2.0% against 1.9% in Bahrain, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Myanmar ahead.

Globally, Bahrain ranks 184th and Myanmar ranks 181st 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.