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

Burundi

4.5%

in 2025

Portugal

4.6%

in 2022

Burundi rank

80th

Portugal rank

78th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Portugal currently reports 4.6% against 4.5% in Burundi, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Burundi ahead.

Globally, Burundi ranks 80th and Portugal ranks 78th 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.