Bhutan vs Namibia: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Bhutan

22.2%

in 2025

Namibia

24.6%

in 2025

Bhutan rank

8th

Namibia rank

5th

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

Namibia currently reports 24.6% against 22.2% in Bhutan, a difference of 2.4%.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Namibia ahead.

Globally, Bhutan ranks 8th and Namibia ranks 5th 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.