Tanzania vs Turkey: Government spending on education overall vs. primary education

Tanzania

3.2%

in 2024

Turkey

3.1%

in 2022

Tanzania rank

144th

Turkey rank

146th

Government spending on education overall vs. primary education over time

Tanzania currently reports 3.2% against 3.1% in Turkey, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Tanzania ahead.

Globally, Tanzania ranks 144th and Turkey ranks 146th 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.