Bulgaria vs Burundi: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Bulgaria

4.5%

in 2022

Burundi

4.5%

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

81st

Burundi rank

80th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Burundi currently reports 4.5% against 4.5% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Globally, Bulgaria ranks 81st and Burundi ranks 80th 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.