Education Spend Per Child
Public spending per child per year by country, ranked — and why that ranking rarely matches the ranking on outcomes.
Public spend per pupil per year varies by more than tenfold across the fifteen countries charted, and the ranking rarely matches the ranking on outcomes — which is the point of putting the two side by side.
Education Spend Per Child
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Is the Education Spend Per Child free?
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No. It runs entirely in your browser. Your inputs are never sent to our server, and nothing is logged.
How accurate is it?
It uses the McCrindle generation boundaries (Gen Alpha 2010–2024, Gen Beta 2025–2039) and UN World Population Prospects vital rates. Sources and formulas are on our methodology page.
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