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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, tertiary > % of GDP per capita (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Lesotho :
1,104.8 %
2005 ...
#2
Eritrea :
1,101.28 %
2004 ...
#3
Bhutan :
573.98 %
2000 ...
#4
Djibouti :
504.83 %
2005 ...
#5
Botswana :
479.87 %
2005 ...
#6
Mozambique :
435.26 %
2004 ...
#7
Rwanda :
408.75 %
2005 ...
#8
Chad :
359.93 %
2005 ...
#9
Burundi :
348.75 %
2005 ...
#10
Swaziland :
341.49 %
2004 ...
#11
Vanuatu :
297.9 %
2001 ...
#12
Togo :
269.9 %
2000 ...
#13
Senegal :
267.64 %
2005 ...
#14
Mali :
265 %
1999 ...
#15
Kenya :
262.63 %
2004 ...
#16
Congo, Republic of the :
245.89 %
2002 ...
#17
Guinea :
244.08 %
2005 ...
#18
Gambia, The :
238.01 %
2004 ...
#19
Belize :
218.42 %
2004 ...
#20
Samoa :
214.88 %
2001 ...
#21
Côte d'Ivoire :
212.8 %
1999 ...
#22
Burkina Faso :
212.26 %
2005 ...
#23
Ghana :
209.85 %
2005 ...
#24
Benin :
200.94 %
2001 ...
#25
Zimbabwe :
195.16 %
2000 ...
#26
Uganda :
188.75 %
2004 ...
#27
Madagascar :
174.99 %
2005 ...
#28
Zambia :
168.25 %
2000 ...
#29
Tonga :
159.05 %
2004 ...
#30
Kuwait :
116.38 %
2005 ...
#31
Namibia :
106.55 %
2003 ...
#32
Malaysia :
93.69 %
2003 ...
#33
Morocco :
93.03 %
2005 ...
#34
China :
90.07 %
1999 ...
#35
Marshall Islands :
80.71 %
2002 ...
#36
Tunisia :
80.64 %
2003 ...
#37
Trinidad and Tobago :
80.62 %
2001 ...
#38
Cambodia :
77.47 %
2004 ...
#39
Cape Verde :
72.67 %
2005 ...
#40
Nepal :
71.13 %
2003 ...
#41
Cyprus :
70.01 %
2003 ...
#42
Barbados :
69.28 %
2001 ...
#43
India :
68.57 %
2003 ...
#44
Cameroon :
67.93 %
2004 ...
#45
Denmark :
67.22 %
2003 ...
#46
Fiji :
67.1 %
2004 ...
#47
Switzerland :
64.75 %
2003 ...
#48
Macau :
60.99 %
2000 ...
#49
Hong Kong :
60.59 %
2005 ...
#50
Cuba :
59 %
2004 ...
#51
Norway :
50.39 %
2003 ...
#52
Malta :
50.32 %
2002 ...
#53
Bangladesh :
49.68 %
2005 ...
#54
South Africa :
49.62 %
2005 ...
#55
Brazil :
48.87 %
2002 ...
#56
Sweden :
46.95 %
2003 ...
#57
Austria :
45.69 %
2003 ...
#58
Turkey :
44.75 %
2003 ...
#59
Canada :
44.64 %
2002 ...
#60
Mexico :
44.07 %
2003 ...
#61
Netherlands :
42.96 %
2003 ...
#62
Armenia :
42.38 %
2001 ...
#63
Jamaica :
40.71 %
2003 ...
#64
Mauritania :
39.92 %
2005 ...
#65
Finland :
37.38 %
2003 ...
#66
Guyana :
37.2 %
2005 ...
#67
Belgium :
37.09 %
2003 ...
#68
Mauritius :
37.06 %
2005 ...
#69
Albania :
36.6 %
2002 ...
#70
Costa Rica :
36.13 %
2004 ...
#71
Bolivia :
36 %
2003 ...
#72
New Zealand :
34.13 %
2004 ...
#73
Ukraine :
34.07 %
2005 ...
#74
France :
33.93 %
2003 ...
#75
Czech Republic :
33.56 %
2003 ...
#76
Hungary :
31.89 %
2003 ...
#77
Croatia :
31.51 %
2003 ...
#78
Iceland :
30.44 %
2003 ...
#79
Paraguay :
30.11 %
2003 ...
#80
Israel :
29.96 %
2003 ...
#81
Slovakia :
29.29 %
2003 ...
#82
United Arab Emirates :
28.91 %
2003 ...
#83
Oman :
28.66 %
2004 ...
#84
Burma :
28.62 %
2001 ...
#85
Bulgaria :
28.35 %
2003 ...
#86
Belarus :
28.27 %
2005 ...
#87
United Kingdom :
28.06 %
2003 ...
#88
Portugal :
27.77 %
2003 ...
#89
United States :
26.68 %
2003 ...
#90
Panama :
26.49 %
2004 ...
#91
Slovenia :
26.45 %
2003 ...
#92
Ireland :
24.84 %
2003 ...
#93
Colombia :
24.65 %
2005 ...
#94
Greece :
24.3 %
2003 ...
#95
Italy :
24.09 %
2003 ...
#96
Libya :
23.76 %
1999 ...
#97
Estonia :
23.22 %
2003 ...
#98
Thailand :
22.96 %
2004 ...
#99
Iran :
22.83 %
2005 ...
#100
Mongolia :
22.78 %
2004 ...
#101
Spain :
22.73 %
2003 ...
#102
Macedonia, Republic of :
22.62 %
2003 ...
#103
Australia :
22.48 %
2003 ...
#104
Laos :
22.44 %
2005 ...
#105
Kyrgyzstan :
20.81 %
2002 ...
#106
Lithuania :
20.59 %
2003 ...
#107
Poland :
19.75 %
2003 ...
#108
Japan :
19.61 %
2003 ...
#109
Uruguay :
19.48 %
2003 ...
#110
El Salvador :
17.24 %
2005 ...
#111
Lebanon :
15.9 %
2005 ...
#112
Chile :
15.51 %
2004 ...
#113
Latvia :
14.43 %
2003 ...
#114
Philippines :
14.09 %
2003 ...
#115
Tajikistan :
14.07 %
2005 ...
#116
Indonesia :
13.27 %
2003 ...
#117
Moldova :
12.88 %
2005 ...
#118
Peru :
12.28 %
2004 ...
#119
Russia :
12.07 %
2003 ...
#120
Azerbaijan :
10.36 %
2005 ...
#121
Argentina :
10.35 %
2003 ...
#122
Korea, South :
9.34 %
2003 ...
#123
Kazakhstan :
5.7 %
2005 ...
Weighted average:
110.6 %
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.
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