Guatemala vs Mali: Share of GDP spent on education vs. share of government spending assigned to education

Guatemala

17.3%

in 2025

Mali

17.8%

in 2024

Guatemala rank

39th

Mali rank

36th

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

Mali currently reports 17.8% against 17.3% in Guatemala, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Guatemala ahead.

Globally, Guatemala ranks 39th and Mali ranks 36th 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.