22 countries invest more in public education than the U.S.: Change in expenditure on educational institutions per full-time equivalent student as a share of GDP per capita, 2009–2019

Country Share
Korea %32
Norway 27
Austria 25
Portugal 25
Iceland 25
Sweden 24
Belgium 24
Switzerland 24
Japan 23
Poland 23
Estonia 23
Finland 22
Czechia 22
Italy 22
United Kingdom 22
France 22
Slovak Republic 22
Slovenia 22
Denmark 22
Latvia 22
Canada 22
Greece 21
United States 21
Germany 21
Israel 21
Spain 20
Hungary 20
Australia 20
Chile 19
Luxembourg 19
Netherlands 19
Lithuania 18
New Zealand 16
Türkiye 13
Mexico 11
Ireland 10
Economic Policy Institute

Note: K–12 education is globally defined as primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education.

Source: EPI analysis of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development data. 

View the underlying data on epi.org.