Kiribati vs Tuvalu: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Kiribati

16.4%

in 2023

Tuvalu

12.8%

in 2023

Kiribati rank

1st

Tuvalu rank

2nd

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Kiribati currently reports 16.4% against 12.8% in Tuvalu, a difference of 3.5%.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.3 times Tuvalu's.

Globally, Kiribati ranks 1st and Tuvalu ranks 2nd 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.