Cameroon vs Rwanda: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Cameroon

13.8%

in 2024

Rwanda

13.9%

in 2025

Cameroon rank

79th

Rwanda rank

77th

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

Rwanda currently reports 13.9% against 13.8% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Cameroon ranks 79th and Rwanda ranks 77th 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.