DEFINITION
Public expenditure per student,
tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the
government on
tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in
tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita
GDP.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Vanuatu: |
2,074.6 |
|
| #2 |
Malawi: |
1,492 |
|
| #3 |
Lesotho: |
962.7 |
|
| #4 |
Ethiopia: |
951.1 |
|
| #5 |
Burundi: |
923.6 |
|
| #6 |
Burkina Faso: |
620 |
|
| #7 |
Rwanda: |
571.6 |
|
| #8 |
Kenya: |
496.9 |
|
| #9 |
Niger: |
441 |
|
| #10 |
Chad: |
423.7 |
|
| #11 |
Guinea: |
421.9 |
|
| #12 |
Swaziland: |
358.8 |
|
| #13 |
Zambia: |
331 |
|
| #14 |
Togo: |
295.3 |
|
| #15 |
Gambia, The: |
265.9 |
|
| #16 |
Senegal: |
244.6 |
|
| #17 |
Mali: |
241.4 |
|
| #18 |
Zimbabwe: |
200.9 |
|
| #19 |
Mauritania: |
191.2 |
|
| #20 |
Vietnam: |
149.5 |
|
| #21 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
147.9 |
|
| #22 |
Namibia: |
147.1 |
|
| #23 |
Cote d'Ivoire: |
139.6 |
|
| #24 |
Comoros: |
128.7 |
|
| #25 |
Samoa: |
128.3 |
|
| #26 |
Kuwait: |
115.9 |
|
| #27 |
Mauritius: |
111.8 |
|
| #28 |
Benin: |
108.2 |
|
| #29 |
Morocco: |
102.7 |
|
| #30 |
Cuba: |
101.7 |
|
| #31 |
Nepal: |
98.7 |
|
| #32 |
Paraguay: |
90.6 |
|
| #33 |
Tunisia: |
89.8 |
|
| #34 |
Saudi Arabia: |
86.9 |
|
| #35 |
Malaysia: |
86.1 |
|
| #36 |
China: |
85.8 |
|
| #37 |
Sri Lanka: |
84.2 |
|
| #38 |
Jamaica: |
80 |
|
| #39 |
Madagascar: |
76.2 |
|
| #40 |
Brazil: |
72.8 |
|
| #41 |
Turkey: |
72.1 |
|
| #42 |
Cameroon: |
69.6 |
|
| #43 |
Barbados: |
69 |
|
| #44 |
India: |
68.4 |
|
| #45 |
Denmark: |
65.1 |
|
| #46 |
South Africa: |
61.3 |
|
| #47 |
Honduras: |
59.4 |
|
| #48 |
Malta: |
58.4 |
|
| #49 |
Switzerland: |
55.8 |
|
| #50 |
Costa Rica: |
55.7 |
|
| #51 |
Sweden: |
53.5 |
|
| #52 |
Cyprus: |
53.1 |
|
| #53 |
Austria: |
51 |
|
| #54 |
Gabon: |
50.9 |
|
| #55 |
Cambodia: |
48.6 |
|
| #56 |
Panama: |
47.7 |
|
| #57 |
Norway: |
46.5 |
|
| #58 |
Canada: |
46.1 |
|
| #59 |
Mexico: |
45.2 |
|
| #60 |
Bolivia: |
45.2 |
|
| #61 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
44.8 |
|
| #62 |
Netherlands: |
43 |
|
| #63 |
Germany: |
42.5 |
|
| #64 |
Lithuania: |
40.4 |
|
| #65 |
Papua New Guinea: |
40.4 |
|
| #66 |
Finland: |
39.7 |
|
| #67 |
Aruba: |
39.4 |
|
| #68 |
Bangladesh: |
38.9 |
|
| #69 |
Thailand: |
38.2 |
|
| #70 |
Macau: |
38 |
|
| #71 |
Georgia: |
37.9 |
|
| #72 |
Slovenia: |
37.9 |
|
| #73 |
Ecuador: |
34.4 |
|
| #74 |
Singapore: |
34.1 |
|
| #75 |
Czech Republic: |
33.9 |
|
| #76 |
Estonia: |
33 |
|
| #77 |
Iceland: |
32.4 |
|
| #78 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
32.2 |
|
| #79 |
Israel: |
31.6 |
|
| #80 |
Romania: |
31.3 |
|
| #81 |
Jordan: |
31.1 |
|
| #82 |
Colombia: |
31 |
|
| #83 |
Slovakia: |
30.8 |
|
| #84 |
Guatemala: |
30.7 |
|
| #85 |
Hungary: |
30.5 |
|
| #86 |
France: |
30.3 |
|
| #87 |
Luxembourg: |
29.4 |
|
| #88 |
Portugal: |
28.2 |
|
| #89 |
Ukraine: |
28.2 |
|
| #90 |
Ireland: |
27.8 |
|
| #91 |
Mongolia: |
26.8 |
|
| #92 |
Greece: |
26.7 |
|
| #93 |
United Kingdom: |
26.3 |
|
| #94 |
Italy: |
26 |
|
| #95 |
New Zealand: |
25.5 |
|
| #96 |
Australia: |
24.9 |
|
| #97 |
United States: |
23.9 |
|
| #98 |
Oman: |
23.3 |
|
| #99 |
Philippines: |
23.2 |
|
| #100 |
Latvia: |
22.5 |
|
| #101 |
Peru: |
22 |
|
| #102 |
Chile: |
21.9 |
|
| #103 |
Guyana: |
21.4 |
|
| #104 |
Kazakhstan: |
21.3 |
|
| #105 |
Uruguay: |
21.3 |
|
| #106 |
Poland: |
20.2 |
|
| #107 |
Spain: |
19.8 |
|
| #108 |
Burma: |
19.4 |
|
| #109 |
Moldova: |
19.3 |
|
| #110 |
Belarus: |
18.7 |
|
| #111 |
Armenia: |
17.9 |
|
| #112 |
Argentina: |
17.7 |
|
| #113 |
Belgium: |
17.6 |
|
| #114 |
Russia: |
15.8 |
|
| #115 |
Bulgaria: |
14.5 |
|
| #116 |
Japan: |
13.6 |
|
| #117 |
Azerbaijan: |
13.1 |
|
| #118 |
Indonesia: |
12.3 |
|
| #119 |
El Salvador: |
10.4 |
|
| #120 |
Tajikistan: |
9.9 |
|
| #121 |
Lebanon: |
9.3 |
|
| #122 |
Dominican Republic: |
9.3 |
|
| #123 |
Brunei: |
8.5 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
134.4 |
|
DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student,
tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the
government on
tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in
tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita
GDP.