Monaco vs Sri Lanka: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Monaco

1.7%

in 2023

Sri Lanka

1.8%

in 2023

Monaco rank

188th

Sri Lanka rank

187th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.8% against 1.7% in Monaco, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Monaco's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Globally, Monaco ranks 188th and Sri Lanka ranks 187th 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.