Cook Islands vs Seychelles: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Cook Islands

4.4%

in 2023

Seychelles

4.5%

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

86th

Seychelles rank

83rd

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Seychelles currently reports 4.5% against 4.4% in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Cook Islands ahead.

Globally, Cook Islands ranks 86th and Seychelles ranks 83rd 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.