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

Benin

18.0%

in 2025

Zimbabwe

17.9%

in 2025

Benin rank

32nd

Zimbabwe rank

34th

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

Benin currently reports 18.0% against 17.9% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Benin ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 32nd and Zimbabwe ranks 34th 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.