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

Samoa

5.5%

in 2024

Tajikistan

5.4%

in 2023

Samoa rank

38th

Tajikistan rank

40th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Samoa currently reports 5.5% against 5.4% in Tajikistan, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Samoa ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 38th and Tajikistan ranks 40th 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.