Guyana vs Saudi Arabia: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Guyana

4.5%

in 2018

Saudi Arabia

4.5%

in 2023

Guyana rank

84th

Saudi Arabia rank

82nd

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Saudi Arabia currently reports 4.5% against 4.5% in Guyana, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Guyana ahead.

Globally, Guyana ranks 84th and Saudi Arabia ranks 82nd 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.