Brunei vs Guyana: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Brunei

4.4%

in 2016

Guyana

4.5%

in 2018

Brunei rank

85th

Guyana rank

84th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Guyana currently reports 4.5% against 4.4% in Brunei, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 9 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Brunei ahead.

Globally, Brunei ranks 85th and Guyana ranks 84th 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.