Education > Public spending on education > Total > % of government expenditure: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Yemen	32.78%	2000
2	Lesotho	29.82%	2005
3	Kenya	29.19%	2004
4	Malaysia	28.02%	2003
5	Saudi Arabia	27.57%	2004
6	Thailand	27.53%	2004
7	United Arab Emirates	27.43%	2005
8	Djibouti	27.32%	2005
9	Morocco	27.23%	2005
10	Vanuatu	26.71%	2001
11	Guinea	25.62%	2000
12	Cape Verde	25.44%	2005
13	Madagascar	25.3%	2005
14	Malawi	24.58%	1999
15	Oman	24.23%	2005
16	Comoros	24.12%	2002
17	Mexico	23.82%	2003
18	Hong Kong	22.99%	2005
19	Iran	22.85%	2005
20	Mongolia	22.71%	1991
21	Algeria	22.05%	1991
22	Cote d'Ivoire	21.6%	2005
23	Botswana	21.55%	2005
24	Moldova	21.15%	2005
25	Namibia	21.04%	2000
26	New Zealand	20.92%	2003
27	Jordan	20.6%	1999
28	Fiji	20.04%	2002
29	Haiti	20.01%	1991
30	El Salvador	20%	2002
31	The Bahamas	19.67%	2000
32	Turkmenistan	19.65%	1991
33	Azerbaijan	19.58%	2005
34	Swaziland	19.51%	1991
35	Mozambique	19.47%	2004
36	Ethiopia	19.4%	2005
37	Senegal	18.93%	2005
38	Ukraine	18.9%	2005
39	Kyrgyzstan	18.65%	2001
40	Niger	18.58%	1991
41	Costa Rica	18.53%	2004
42	Chile	18.47%	2004
43	Uganda	18.29%	2004
44	Singapore	18.22%	1991
45	Tunisia	18.2%	2001
=46	Belize	18.12%	2003
=46	Burma	18.12%	2001
48	Bolivia	18.06%	2003
49	Tajikistan	18.04%	2005
50	South Africa	17.85%	2005
51	Uzbekistan	17.81%	1991
52	Burundi	17.73%	2005
53	Philippines	17.22%	2003
54	Venezuela	17.04%	1991
55	Bermuda	17%	1998
56	Iceland	16.95%	2003
57	Saint Lucia	16.91%	2005
58	Burkina Faso	16.64%	2005
59	Cuba	16.58%	2005
60	Barbados	16.4%	2005
61	Cyprus	16.23%	2003
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16.09%	2005
63	Marshall Islands	15.76%	2003
64	Norway	15.73%	2003
65	Lithuania	15.66%	2003
66	Estonia	15.44%	2003
67	Aruba	15.43%	2005
68	Latvia	15.37%	2003
69	United States	15.25%	2003
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	15.14%	1991
70	Denmark	15.08%	2003
=71	Maldives	15%	2005
=71	Nicaragua	15%	2002
73	South Korea	14.98%	2003
74	Nepal	14.89%	2003
75	Mali	14.83%	2005
76	Zambia	14.8%	2004
77	Cambodia	14.65%	2000
78	Guyana	14.53%	2005
79	Mauritius	14.26%	2005
80	Bangladesh	14.24%	2005
81	Syria	14.2%	1991
82	Benin	14.14%	2005
83	Macau	14.03%	2004
84	Peru	13.7%	2005
85	Israel	13.69%	2003
86	Samoa	13.67%	2002
87	Turkey	13.6%	2005
88	Togo	13.55%	2002
89	Tonga	13.5%	2003
90	Trinidad and Tobago	13.4%	2001
91	Australia	13.32%	2000
92	Ireland	13.15%	2003
93	Georgia	13.14%	2004
94	Guatemala	13.02%	1991
95	China	12.97%	1999
96	Switzerland	12.96%	2003
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	12.93%	2003
=97	Grenada	12.86%	2003
=97	Bhutan	12.86%	2001
99	Sweden	12.83%	2003
100	Finland	12.82%	2003
=101	Bahrain	12.8%	1991
=101	Netherlands Antilles	12.8%	2001
103	Saint Kitts and Nevis	12.71%	2003
104	Kuwait	12.7%	2005
105	Slovenia	12.56%	2003
106	Canada	12.46%	2001
107	Portugal	12.41%	2003
108	Poland	12.29%	2002
=109	Rwanda	12.25%	2005
=109	Russia	12.25%	2003
111	Kazakhstan	12.09%	2000
112	Argentina	12.02%	2003
	Eurozone average (profile)	12%	2003
113	United Kingdom	11.93%	2003
114	Guinea-Bissau	11.86%	1999
115	Belgium	11.85%	2003
116	Laos	11.71%	2005
117	Tanzania	11.37%	1991
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	11.35%	2003
118	Belarus	11.33%	2005
119	Spain	11.19%	2003
120	Slovakia	11.18%	2003
121	Colombia	11.06%	2005
122	France	11.03%	2003
123	Lebanon	10.99%	2005
124	Pakistan	10.94%	2005
125	Brazil	10.86%	2002
126	Austria	10.83%	2003
127	Netherlands	10.78%	2003
128	Paraguay	10.75%	2003
129	India	10.74%	2003
130	Seychelles	10.7%	1998
131	Japan	10.68%	2003
132	Hungary	10.25%	2002
133	Chad	10.12%	2005
134	Malta	10.09%	2002
135	Croatia	9.99%	2002
136	Vietnam	9.73%	1991
137	Germany	9.72%	2003
138	Dominican Republic	9.7%	2005
139	Gabon	9.61%	1998
140	Jamaica	9.54%	2003
141	Italy	9.5%	2003
142	Brunei	9.14%	2000
143	Indonesia	9.03%	2002
=144	Panama	8.95%	2004
=144	The Gambia	8.95%	2002
146	Cameroon	8.57%	2005
147	Czech Republic	8.51%	2003
148	Luxembourg	8.5%	1999
149	Albania	8.43%	2002
150	Sri Lanka	8.41%	1991
151	Mauritania	8.31%	2005
152	Congo, Republic of the	8.09%	2005
153	Ecuador	8.01%	2000
154	Greece	7.98%	2003
155	Solomon Islands	7.94%	1991
156	Uruguay	7.86%	2003
157	Angola	6.35%	1999
158	Monaco	5.07%	1999
159	Equatorial Guinea	4.01%	2003
160	Sudan	2.75%	1991

Citation

"Countries Compared by Education > Public spending on education > Total > % of government expenditure. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", World Development Indicators database. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Education/Public-spending-on-education/Total/%-of-government-expenditure

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