Sweden vs Vanuatu: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Sweden

7.3%

in 2022

Vanuatu

7.6%

in 2024

Sweden rank

13th

Vanuatu rank

10th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Vanuatu currently reports 7.6% against 7.3% in Sweden, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Globally, Sweden ranks 13th and Vanuatu ranks 10th 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.