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

Madagascar

18.0%

in 2019

Mali

17.8%

in 2024

Madagascar rank

33rd

Mali rank

36th

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

Madagascar currently reports 18.0% against 17.8% in Mali, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Madagascar ahead.

Globally, Madagascar ranks 33rd 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.