Ethiopia vs Tuvalu: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Ethiopia

16.7%

in 2024

Tuvalu

16.8%

in 2025

Ethiopia rank

42nd

Tuvalu rank

41st

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

Tuvalu currently reports 16.8% against 16.7% in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2020 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 42nd and Tuvalu ranks 41st 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.