Jamaica vs Nauru: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Jamaica

5.5%

in 2024

Nauru

5.8%

in 2023

Jamaica rank

36th

Nauru rank

34th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Nauru currently reports 5.8% against 5.5% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Nauru ahead.

Globally, Jamaica ranks 36th and Nauru ranks 34th 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.