Gabon vs Singapore: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Gabon

2.3%

in 2023

Singapore

2.2%

in 2024

Gabon rank

172nd

Singapore rank

175th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Gabon currently reports 2.3% against 2.2% in Singapore, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Singapore's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Gabon ahead.

Globally, Gabon ranks 172nd and Singapore ranks 175th 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.