Cuba vs Namibia: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Cuba

8.4%

in 2022

Namibia

9.1%

in 2024

Cuba rank

6th

Namibia rank

4th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Namibia currently reports 9.1% against 8.4% in Cuba, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Cuba's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Cuba ranks 6th and Namibia ranks 4th 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.