Education financing equity asks a narrower question than a spending ranking: who receives public education resources, through which funding route, and whether additional need changes the allocation. A country can devote a large share of national income to education and still distribute resources unevenly across regions, schools, education…
Education budgets are linked to student performance through teachers, learning time, materials, facilities, targeted support, adequacy and efficiency.
Public and private education spending is separated by source and level, with country patterns, household costs and official finance indicators.
Education spending as a share of GDP is compared by country, with official reference points, distribution bands and cautions about ranking different datasets.
