Benin vs Madagascar: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Benin

18.0%

in 2025

Madagascar

18.0%

in 2019

Benin rank

32nd

Madagascar rank

33rd

Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education over time

Benin currently reports 18.0% against 18.0% in Madagascar, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Benin ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 32nd and Madagascar ranks 33rd of 194 countries.

Indicator: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 4,043 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Percentage of total general government spending (across all sectors) that is allocated to education.