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

Kuwait

13.8%

in 2025

Mongolia

13.8%

in 2024

Kuwait rank

78th

Mongolia rank

81st

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

Kuwait currently reports 13.8% against 13.8% in Mongolia, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Kuwait ahead.

Globally, Kuwait ranks 78th 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.