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

Jamaica

5.5%

in 2024

Samoa

5.5%

in 2024

Jamaica rank

36th

Samoa rank

38th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Jamaica currently reports 5.5% against 5.5% in Samoa, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Jamaica ahead.

Globally, Jamaica ranks 36th and Samoa ranks 38th 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.