Eswatini vs Vanuatu: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Eswatini

19.2%

in 2025

Vanuatu

19.3%

in 2024

Eswatini rank

23rd

Vanuatu rank

21st

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

Vanuatu currently reports 19.3% against 19.2% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Eswatini ahead.

Globally, Eswatini ranks 23rd and Vanuatu ranks 21st 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.