Italy vs Zambia: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Italy

4.1%

in 2022

Zambia

4.1%

in 2023

Italy rank

106th

Zambia rank

105th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Zambia currently reports 4.1% against 4.1% in Italy, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Zambia ahead.

Globally, Italy ranks 106th and Zambia ranks 105th 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.