Costa Rica vs Tonga: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Costa Rica

5.3%

in 2023

Tonga

5.3%

in 2022

Costa Rica rank

48th

Tonga rank

49th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Costa Rica currently reports 5.3% against 5.3% in Tonga, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 48th and Tonga ranks 49th 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.