Mozambique vs United Kingdom: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Mozambique

6.0%

in 2022

United Kingdom

5.9%

in 2021

Mozambique rank

30th

United Kingdom rank

32nd

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Mozambique currently reports 6.0% against 5.9% in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 1998 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Globally, Mozambique ranks 30th and United Kingdom ranks 32nd 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.