Benin vs Micronesia (country): Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Benin

18.0%

in 2025

Micronesia (country)

18.6%

in 2020

Benin rank

32nd

Micronesia (country) rank

29th

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

Micronesia (country) currently reports 18.6% against 18.0% in Benin, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Benin ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 32nd and Micronesia (country) ranks 29th 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.