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El Salvador vs Japan: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

El Salvador
3.3%
in 2024
Japan
3.3%
in 2021
El Salvador rank
134th
Japan rank
133rd

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

  • El Salvador
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 3.3% against 3.3% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, El Salvador ranks 134th and Japan ranks 133rd of 199 countries.

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About this data

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
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Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.