Barbados vs Malaysia: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Barbados

3.6%

in 2024

Malaysia

3.5%

in 2023

Barbados rank

124th

Malaysia rank

126th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Barbados currently reports 3.6% against 3.5% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Barbados ahead.

Globally, Barbados ranks 124th and Malaysia ranks 126th 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.