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

Botswana

8.1%

in 2020

Cuba

8.4%

in 2022

Botswana rank

8th

Cuba rank

6th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Cuba currently reports 8.4% against 8.1% in Botswana, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Cuba ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 8th and Cuba ranks 6th 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.