Cuba vs Micronesia (country): Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Cuba

8.4%

in 2022

Micronesia (country)

11.6%

in 2020

Cuba rank

6th

Micronesia (country) rank

3rd

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Micronesia (country) currently reports 11.6% against 8.4% in Cuba, a difference of 3.1%.

That makes Micronesia (country)'s figure about 1.4 times Cuba's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Cuba ahead.

Globally, Cuba ranks 6th and Micronesia (country) ranks 3rd 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.