Ghana vs Guatemala: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Ghana

2.9%

in 2022

Guatemala

3.1%

in 2024

Ghana rank

151st

Guatemala rank

148th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Guatemala currently reports 3.1% against 2.9% in Ghana, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Ghana ahead.

Globally, Ghana ranks 151st and Guatemala ranks 148th 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.