Denmark vs Eswatini: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Denmark

6.4%

in 2022

Eswatini

6.0%

in 2024

Denmark rank

24th

Eswatini rank

27th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Denmark currently reports 6.4% against 6.0% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Eswatini's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Denmark ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 24th and Eswatini ranks 27th 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.