FACTOID # 1: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > Education spending (% of total government expenditure) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Yemen: 32.8% 
#2   Thailand: 28.3% 
#3   Vanuatu: 28.1% 
#4   Morocco: 26.4% 
#5   Botswana: 25.6% 
#6   Guinea: 25.6% 
#7   Mexico: 24.3% 
#8   Comoros: 24.1% 
#9   Hong Kong: 23.3% 
#10   United Arab Emirates: 22.5% 
#11   Costa Rica: 22.4% 
#12   Kenya: 22.1% 
#13   Burundi: 21.8% 
#14   Côte d'Ivoire: 21.5% 
#15   Moldova: 21.4% 
#16   Azerbaijan: 20.7% 
#17   Malaysia: 20.3% 
#18   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 20.3% 
#19   Ukraine: 20.3% 
#20   El Salvador: 20% 
#21   Bolivia: 19.7% 
#22   Fiji: 19.4% 
#23   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 19% 
#24   Cuba: 18.7% 
#25   Chile: 18.7% 
#26   Kyrgyzstan: 18.6% 
#27   South Africa: 18.5% 
#28   Lesotho: 18.4% 
#29   Guyana: 18.4% 
#30   Tunisia: 18.2% 
#31   Belize: 18.1% 
#32   Philippines: 17.8% 
#33   Tajikistan: 17.8% 
#34   Iran: 17.7% 
#35   Papua New Guinea: 17.5% 
#36   Cameroon: 17.3% 
#37   Barbados: 17.3% 
#38   Peru: 17.1% 
#39   United States: 17.1% 
#40   Cape Verde: 17% 
#41   Norway: 16.2% 
#42   Colombia: 15.6% 
#43   Bangladesh: 15.5% 
#44   Korea, South: 15.5% 
#45   Denmark: 15.4% 
#46   Cambodia: 15.3% 
#47   New Zealand: 15.1% 
#48   Switzerland: 15.1% 
#49   Nicaragua: 15% 
#50   Nepal: 14.9% 
#51   Samoa: 14.6% 
#52   Hungary: 14.1% 
#53   Argentina: 13.8% 
#54   Ethiopia: 13.8% 
#55   Togo: 13.6% 
#56   Ireland: 13.5% 
#57   Trinidad and Tobago: 13.4% 
#58   Australia: 13.3% 
#59   Mauritius: 13.3% 
#60   Tonga: 13.2% 
#61   Bhutan: 12.9% 
#62   Grenada: 12.9% 
#63   Poland: 12.8% 
#64   Sweden: 12.8% 
#65   Canada: 12.7% 
#66   Portugal: 12.7% 
#67   India: 12.7% 
#68   Finland: 12.7% 
#69   Congo, Republic of the: 12.6% 
#70   Dominican Republic: 12.4% 
#71   Jamaica: 12.3% 
#72   Lebanon: 12.3% 
#73   Brazil: 12% 
#74   Georgia: 11.8% 
#75   United Kingdom: 11.5% 
#76   Russia: 11.5% 
#77   France: 11.4% 
#78   Paraguay: 11.4% 
#79   Spain: 11.3% 
#80   Austria: 11.1% 
#81   Laos: 11% 
#82   Netherlands: 10.7% 
#83   Japan: 10.5% 
#84   Italy: 10.3% 
#85   Croatia: 10% 
#86   Czech Republic: 9.6% 
#87   Uruguay: 9.6% 
#88   Germany: 9.5% 
#89   Brunei: 9.1% 
#90   Indonesia: 9% 
#91   Gambia, The: 8.9% 
#92   Ecuador: 8% 
#93   Pakistan: 7.8% 
#94   Panama: 7.7% 
#95   Slovakia: 7.5% 
#96   Equatorial Guinea: 1.6% 
Weighted average: 15.7%  


DEFINITION: Public educational expenditure as a percent of overall government expenditure.

SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme

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