Cape Verde vs Latvia: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Cape Verde

4.3%

in 2023

Latvia

4.3%

in 2022

Cape Verde rank

89th

Latvia rank

91st

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Cape Verde currently reports 4.3% against 4.3% in Latvia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 89th and Latvia ranks 91st 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.