Low income countries spend a much larger proportion of their budget on education than high income countries

The two axes compare overall inequality rank to education rank

Bahrain

 

140

Progressively

worse overall

ranking

 

120

Progressively

worse

education

ranking

100

80

60

Zimbabwe

 

40

Niger

 

UK

 

US

 

20

Australia

 

0

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Guardian graphic | Source: Oxfam

Low income countries spend a much larger proportion of their budget on education than high income countries

The two axes compare overall inequality rank to education rank

Bahrain

 

Progressively

worse overall

ranking

 

140

120

100

80

Progressively

worse

education

ranking

60

While UK the government spent just 11.78% of its budget on education

40

Niger

 

Argentina

Zimbabwe spent nearly a third of its budget on education for the third year in a row

 

US

 

20

Australia

 

0

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Guardian graphic | Source: Oxfam