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DEFINITION
Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
Education Statistics > Expenditure per student, primary > % of GDP per capita (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Djibouti :
55.49 %
2005 ...
#2
Cuba :
37.65 %
2004 ...
#3
Burkina Faso :
34.69 %
2005 ...
#4
Kiribati :
31.66 %
2001 ...
#5
Slovenia :
30.03 %
2003 ...
#6
Cyprus :
26.74 %
2003 ...
#7
Iceland :
26.11 %
2003 ...
#8
Italy :
25.91 %
2003 ...
#9
Marshall Islands :
25.74 %
2002 ...
#10
Denmark :
25.48 %
2003 ...
#11
Switzerland :
24.88 %
2003 ...
#12
Portugal :
24.42 %
2003 ...
#13
Lesotho :
24.19 %
2005 ...
#14
Tunisia :
24.12 %
2003 ...
#15
Sweden :
23.98 %
2003 ...
#16
Macedonia, Republic of :
23.84 %
2003 ...
#17
Kenya :
23.57 %
2004 ...
#18
Suriname :
23.53 %
1991 ...
#19
Barbados :
23.41 %
2005 ...
#20
Austria :
23.18 %
2003 ...
#21
Morocco :
22.9 %
2005 ...
#22
Poland :
22.89 %
2003 ...
#23
Israel :
22.79 %
2003 ...
#24
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
22.72 %
2005 ...
#25
Japan :
22.63 %
2003 ...
#26
Ethiopia :
22.11 %
1991 ...
#27
Maldives :
22 %
2005 ...
#28
Hungary :
21.93 %
2003 ...
#29
Norway :
21.68 %
2003 ...
#30
United States :
21.51 %
2003 ...
#31
Latvia :
20.55 %
2003 ...
#32
Luxembourg :
20.33 %
2003 ...
#33
Croatia :
20.22 %
2003 ...
#34
Belgium :
20.18 %
2003 ...
#35
Estonia :
20.14 %
2003 ...
#36
Namibia :
20.13 %
2003 ...
#37
Cape Verde :
19.82 %
2005 ...
#38
Colombia :
19.55 %
2005 ...
#39
New Zealand :
19.42 %
2004 ...
#40
Burundi :
19.13 %
2005 ...
#41
Bulgaria :
19.03 %
2003 ...
#42
Niger :
19.03 %
2002 ...
#43
Finland :
18.72 %
2003 ...
#44
Senegal :
18.67 %
2005 ...
#45
Netherlands :
18.66 %
2003 ...
#46
Korea, South :
18.63 %
2003 ...
#47
Spain :
18.62 %
2003 ...
#48
Malaysia :
18.62 %
2003 ...
#49
Fiji :
18.6 %
2004 ...
#50
United Kingdom :
18.44 %
2003 ...
#51
Seychelles :
18.06 %
2004 ...
#52
France :
17.6 %
2003 ...
#53
Botswana :
17.23 %
2005 ...
#54
Guyana :
17.08 %
2005 ...
#55
Costa Rica :
17.05 %
2004 ...
#56
Moldova :
16.6 %
2005 ...
#57
Germany :
16.57 %
2003 ...
#58
Australia :
16.41 %
2003 ...
#59
Oman :
16.31 %
2004 ...
#60
Côte d'Ivoire :
16.3 %
2001 ...
#61
Bolivia :
16.21 %
2003 ...
#62
Greece :
16.12 %
2003 ...
#63
Bahrain :
15.82 %
2002 ...
#64
Mali :
15.76 %
1999 ...
#65
Trinidad and Tobago :
15.7 %
2002 ...
#66
Mexico :
15.46 %
2003 ...
#67
Hong Kong :
14.86 %
2005 ...
#68
Ukraine :
14.81 %
2005 ...
#69
Vanuatu :
14.67 %
2001 ...
#70
Lithuania :
14.42 %
2003 ...
#71
Bhutan :
14.38 %
2000 ...
#72
Mongolia :
14.29 %
2004 ...
#73
Syria :
14.24 %
2002 ...
#74
South Africa :
14.16 %
2005 ...
#75
Belarus :
14.14 %
2005 ...
#76
Mozambique :
14.07 %
2004 ...
#77
Solomon Islands :
14.07 %
1991 ...
#78
Jordan :
14.02 %
2004 ...
#79
Thailand :
13.91 %
2004 ...
#80
Ireland :
13.86 %
2003 ...
#81
Malta :
13.57 %
2002 ...
#82
Malawi :
13.53 %
2003 ...
#83
Saint Lucia :
13.48 %
2005 ...
#84
Slovakia :
13.04 %
2003 ...
#85
Czech Republic :
12.87 %
2003 ...
#86
Ghana :
12.85 %
2005 ...
#87
Chile :
12.82 %
2004 ...
#88
Belize :
12.75 %
2004 ...
#89
Paraguay :
12.57 %
2003 ...
#90
Samoa :
12.56 %
2002 ...
#91
Aruba :
12.54 %
2003 ...
#92
Swaziland :
12.43 %
2004 ...
#93
Nepal :
12.41 %
2003 ...
#94
Kuwait :
12.16 %
2005 ...
#95
Tonga :
12.15 %
2004 ...
#96
Mauritius :
11.85 %
2005 ...
#97
Turkey :
11.84 %
2003 ...
#98
Grenada :
11.81 %
2003 ...
#99
Central African Republic :
11.76 %
2005 ...
#100
Philippines :
11.73 %
2003 ...
#101
Jamaica :
11.54 %
2004 ...
#102
Benin :
11.54 %
2005 ...
#103
Singapore :
11.49 %
2001 ...
#104
Zimbabwe :
11.36 %
2001 ...
#105
Algeria :
11.31 %
2003 ...
#106
Eritrea :
11.28 %
2005 ...
#107
Rwanda :
11.28 %
2005 ...
#108
Uganda :
11.27 %
2004 ...
#109
India :
11.08 %
2003 ...
#110
Argentina :
10.93 %
2003 ...
#111
Brazil :
10.8 %
2002 ...
#112
Cameroon :
10.3 %
2004 ...
#113
Guinea :
10.29 %
2000 ...
#114
Kazakhstan :
9.99 %
2005 ...
#115
Mauritania :
9.82 %
2005 ...
#116
Iran :
9.71 %
2005 ...
#117
Panama :
9.65 %
2004 ...
#118
Comoros :
9.48 %
2002 ...
#119
El Salvador :
9.24 %
2005 ...
#120
Haiti :
9.14 %
1991 ...
#121
Nicaragua :
8.81 %
2004 ...
#122
Tajikistan :
8.7 %
2005 ...
#123
Laos :
8.57 %
2005 ...
#124
Madagascar :
8.43 %
2005 ...
#125
Dominican Republic :
8.11 %
2005 ...
#126
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
7.92 %
2004 ...
#127
Macau :
7.78 %
2003 ...
#128
Albania :
7.78 %
2002 ...
#129
Kyrgyzstan :
7.57 %
2002 ...
#130
Gambia, The :
7.37 %
2004 ...
#131
Chad :