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

Eswatini

6.0%

in 2024

Senegal

6.2%

in 2023

Eswatini rank

27th

Senegal rank

26th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Senegal currently reports 6.2% against 6.0% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Eswatini ahead.

Globally, Eswatini ranks 27th and Senegal ranks 26th 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.