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Education Statistics > Education spending (% Primary) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Papua New Guinea:71.4% 
#2  Cambodia:65.6% 
#3  Namibia:65.4% 
#4  Nepal:61.5% 
#5  El Salvador:61% 
#6  Macedonia, Republic of:61% 
#7  Saint Lucia:59.5% 
#8  Philippines:57.6% 
#9  Benin:57.4% 
#10  Paraguay:55.1% 
#11  Malawi:54.9% 
#12  Zimbabwe:54.9% 
#13  Zambia:54.8% 
#14  Gambia, The:54.7% 
#15  Guyana:54.7% 
#16  Mongolia:53.8% 
#17  Botswana:53.2% 
#18  Lesotho:53.2% 
#19  Guinea:52.1% 
#20  Niger:51.5% 
#21  Belize:50.9% 
#22  Chile:50.7% 
#23  Nicaragua:50.3% 
#24  Costa Rica:49.3% 
#25  Tonga:49.2% 
#26  Mexico:49.1% 
#27  Rwanda:48.2% 
#28  South Africa:47.8% 
#29  Laos:47% 
#30  Bolivia:46.9% 
#31  Dominican Republic:46.3% 
#32  Israel:46.3% 
#33  Comoros:45.7% 
#34  United Arab Emirates:45.6% 
#35  Bangladesh:45.4% 
#36  Togo:44.8% 
#37  Uruguay:44.1% 
#38  Cape Verde:43.8% 
#39  Argentina:43.3% 
#40  Burundi:43.1% 
#41  Samoa:43% 
#42  Cuba:43% 
#43  Peru:42.6% 
#44  Seychelles:42.5% 
#45  Thailand:42.3% 
#46  Côte d'Ivoire:42.2% 
#47  Colombia:42.1% 
#48  Madagascar:42.1% 
#49  Grenada:42.1% 
#50  Poland:41.6% 
#51  Ecuador:41.1% 
#52  Morocco:39.8% 
#53  United States:39.5% 
#54  Iceland:38.4% 
#55  India:38.4% 
#56  Brazil:38.3% 
#57  Japan:38.2% 
#58  Turkey:37.7% 
#59  Moldova:37.3% 
#60  Bulgaria:37.2% 
#61  Indonesia:37.1% 
#62  Portugal:36.9% 
#63  Jamaica:36.8% 
#64  Norway:36.5% 
#65  Congo, Republic of the:36.1% 
#66  Oman:35.9% 
#67  Spain:35.8% 
#68  Netherlands:35.5% 
#69  Cyprus:35.3% 
#70  Korea, South:35.2% 
#71  Australia:35% 
#72  Fiji:35% 
#73  Sweden:34.8% 
#74  Switzerland:34.7% 
#75  Equatorial Guinea:34.4% 
#76  Italy:34.4% 
#77  Panama:34.2% 
#78  Barbados:33.7% 
#79  Estonia:33.2% 
#80  Tunisia:32.9% 
#81  Ireland:32.6% 
#82  Croatia:32.3% 
#83  United Kingdom:32.2% 
#84  Mauritius:32% 
#85  Malaysia:32% 
#86  Swaziland:31.8% 
#87  Belgium:31.6% 
#88  France:31.3% 
#89  Denmark:31.1% 
#90  Hungary:30.9% 
#91  Tajikistan:30.8% 
#92  Antigua and Barbuda:30.7% 
#93  Latvia:30.2% 
#94  New Zealand:28.6% 
#95  Saint Kitts and Nevis:28.5% 
#96  Vanuatu:27.9% 
#97  Austria:27.6% 
#98  Greece:27.5% 
#99  Finland:27% 
#100  Eritrea:26% 
#101  Azerbaijan:25.9% 
#102  Czech Republic:25.8% 
#103  Hong Kong:25.1% 
#104  Iran:25.1% 
#105  Slovakia:24.4% 
#106  Kyrgyzstan:23% 
#107  Kazakhstan:22.9% 
#108  Germany:22.8% 
#109  Armenia:21.7% 
#110  Ukraine:20% 
Weighted average: 40.4%  


DEFINITION: Overall percent of education expenditure dedicated to primary education. Includes pre-primary education spending.

SOURCE: United Nations Human Development Programme

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