Cape Verde vs Mongolia: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Cape Verde

13.4%

in 2024

Mongolia

13.8%

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

84th

Mongolia rank

81st

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

Mongolia currently reports 13.8% against 13.4% in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 84th and Mongolia ranks 81st 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.